Get an in-depth overview of the Docker platform including what it can be used for, the architecture it employs, and its underlying technology.

Learn how Docker Compose works, from the application model to Compose files and CLI, whilst following a detailed example.

For example, a frontend container may be connected to a bridge network with external access, and a --internal network to communicate with containers running backend services that do not …

Turn on the Docker WSL 2 backend and get to work using best practices, GPU support, and more in this thorough guide.

Learn how to use Docker Compose to define and run multi-container applications with this detailed introduction to the tool.

Try it out ... View your container ... Access the frontend ... To open the website, select the link in the Port (s) column of your container or visit http://localhost:8080 in your browser. Explore your …

Use multi-stage builds ... # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1 FROM golang:1.24 WORKDIR /src COPY <<EOF ./main.go package main import "fmt" func main() { fmt.Println("hello, world") } EOF …

Learn how to create, manage, and use volumes instead of bind mounts for persisting data generated and used by Docker.

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When you start Docker, a default bridge network (also called bridge) is created automatically, and newly-started containers connect to it unless otherwise specified.