Docker Containers Tutorial

Overview

Learn the basics of containerization for research computing using Docker. We will build a coherent picture covering Docker Files, Images, and Containers; in concert with container registries and job execution, specifically container allocation, monitoring and orchestration. Central to this program is understanding how we connect a hermetic Container to external controls and data.

• DOCKER_CONCEPTS_QA.md is a "Q&A" format view of Docker containerization
• DOCKER_WORKSHOP_REFERENCE.md concerns docker commands and workflows
• WORKSHOP_INSTRUCTIONS.md contains commands for the five lab activities
• DockerContainerWorkshop.pdf is the slide deck
• prime-checker is a project folder: For creating a Container that evaluates integers as prime / not-prime
• prime-frontend is a related project folder: The resulting Container is a web app
• resnet-classifier is an image classifier built on resnet-50
  • WARNING in practice the resnet-classifier did not work for many students
  • ...so it needs some testing and bulletproofing and debugging...

Video

December 2, 2025 Docker Containers Tutorial full recorded session.

Links

• A Container tutorial by CloudBank used in UW course MSE544
• A Container tutorial by The Carpentries
• Tillicum Containers Tutorial