Servers, containers and the network pieces an application runs on.

On the map: Deploy › Servers & containers

1. Linux servers and SSH Beginner 12 min read ✓ Learned

   Connect to a server securely, find your way around and keep it updated.

   Before this: The software delivery lifecycle

2. Containers with Docker Intermediate 15 min read ✓ Learned

   Package an application with everything it needs into an image that runs the same on any machine.

   Before this: CI/CD pipelines, Linux servers and SSH

Technologies & Frameworks

Tools you are likely to meet with these topics. They are options, not requirements: you do not need any of them to mark a topic as learned, and nobody uses them all. Pick one when a project calls for it.

With Linux servers and SSH

• Ubuntu Server

  Operating system

  A Linux distribution for servers, with long-term support releases and the apt package manager.

  Ubuntu Server documentation ↗ — Ubuntu Server, official documentation, opens in a new tab Official · Canonical (Ubuntu)

• OpenSSH

  Tool

  The SSH client and server: encrypted remote shells, key-based login and file copies with scp and sftp.

  OpenSSH: Manual Pages ↗ — OpenSSH, official documentation, opens in a new tab Official · OpenSSH

With Containers with Docker

• Docker Compose

  Tool

  Defines several containers, their networks and volumes in one YAML file and starts them with one command.

  Recommended for: Running an application and its database locally

  Docker Compose Quickstart ↗ — Docker Compose, official documentation, opens in a new tab Official · Docker