Your complete guide to mastering Linux using Docker containers
By following this repo step by step, you will master:
- Container Basics 🐳 — What containers are, how they differ from VMs, and why they matter.
- Linux Essentials for Docker 🐧 — Core Linux commands and concepts you’ll need for containers.
- Docker Engine & Internals ⚙️ — runc, containerd, shims, namespaces, cgroups.
- Working with Images 🖼️ — Build, tag, push, scan, and optimize images with layers & BuildKit.
- Working with Containers 📦 — Run, exec, logs, inspect, healthcheck, restart policies.
- Containerizing Applications 🛠️ — Containerize Python, Node, React, and FastAPI apps.
- Multi-Container Applications 🧩 — Compose full stacks (frontend + backend + database).
- Deployments 🚀 — From development to production with Compose and best practices.
- Docker Networking 🌐 — Bridge, host, overlay networks, DNS resolution, service discovery.
- Volumes & Data Persistence 💾 — Use named volumes and bind mounts.
- Security 🔐 — Namespaces, capabilities, seccomp, secrets management, image signing.
- Swarm Mode & Orchestration 🕸️ — Deploy services in a Swarm cluster.
- Wasm + Docker ⚡ — Explore WebAssembly in containers.
- AI/ML Workloads 🤖 — Run ML models with Docker Model Runner & Compose.
- Real-World Projects 🧪
- React (SPA)
- React + Express (Full-stack)
- FastAPI (Python backend)
- Install Docker Desktop or Docker Engine.
- Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/HashimThePassionate/Docker-For-Everyone
cd Docker-For-Everyone- Pick a module/project folder and follow its README.
- Run it
docker compose up --buildNavigate each module by clicking the folder name 👇
| 📁 Folder | 📖 Description |
|---|---|
| Getting Started | 🐳 Docker Hello-World and Ops basics |
| Container Poetry | 📦 Containerizing with Poetry (Python packaging) |
| Linux Command Line | 🐧 Linux command line essentials |
| Docker Stuff | 🖼️ Everything about docker |
| Deploying the Application | 🚀 Deploying the application with Docker Compose |
- Multi-stage builds for smaller images
- Running as non-root
- Using healthchecks & restart policies
- Externalizing configs & secrets
- One responsibility per container
- AI/ML Model Runner labs
- WebAssembly demo
- Overlay networking (multi-node demo)
- Security labs (capabilities, seccomp)
- Postgres + pgAdmin stack
Fork → Create branch → PR. Keep examples small, self-contained, with Compose files + README.
This project is licensed under the MIT License — see LICENSE.
If this repo helps you, please ⭐ star it and open an issue for suggestions. Happy shipping with Docker! 🐳