What success looks like for this module

Docker is a complex tool, with several facets. For this reason, there is a core, easier set of goals, and a set of stretch goals that can help you dive deeper if you completed the core assignments and are not behind on previous weeks.

By end of this module, you should be able to:

General Understanding

• [] Explain in a few words what is Docker and why it is used.
• [] Explain the difference between Dockerfiles, Docker Images, Docker Containers, and how they relate to each other.
• [] Have a high level understanding of some of the advantages and disadvantages of using Docker for development.

Practical Skills

• [] Be able to Dockerise a Node application, and have it running locally successfully, including persistency if required.
• [] Be able to deploy a Docker application to a EC2 VM both manually and via a Github pipeline.

Completed Work

The status of your project at the end of the week should look like this:

• [] A Backend component in EC2, Dockerised and deployed via GitHub pipelines
• [] A Frontend component in S3, Deployed via GitHub pipelines.
• [] A Database component in DNS.