What is the difference compared to booking Docker Basics (DW1) and Kubernetes Introduction (DW2) separately?

The compact workshop covers Docker and Kubernetes in five consecutive days at a bundled price. The curriculum is optimized for the combined learning path, so the topics build seamlessly on each other and you experience a continuous hands-on approach.

Who benefits most from the bundle?

Ideal for beginners without container experience who want to become production-ready in one week. Also suitable for Docker users who want to learn Kubernetes but refresh Docker best practices (Multi-Stage Builds, Security Scanning). Not suitable if you already use both technologies productively: we recommend Kubernetes Advanced (DW3).

Why is it best to learn Docker and Kubernetes together?

Both technologies interlock: Docker packages your application into a container (like a virtual machine, but leaner), while Kubernetes manages those containers in production (automatically restarts them on failures, distributes traffic, and scales based on load). Analogy: Docker is like a truck, Kubernetes is the logistics center coordinating hundreds of trucks. Learning both together gives you the complete path from image to scaled cluster without gaps, instead of getting stuck at the seam between two separate courses.

How long does it take until I can work productively with Docker and Kubernetes?

Day 2: You deploy multi-service applications with Docker Compose (database + backend + frontend). Day 5: You manage Kubernetes clusters with Deployments, Services, and Storage. Reality check: After the workshop, you can manage simple production environments. For complex enterprise scenarios, we additionally recommend Kubernetes Advanced (DW3) or CKAD Certification (DW5).

Which specific tools and technologies are covered?

In the Docker section, you learn the Docker CLI for managing containers and use Docker Compose to orchestrate multi-service applications. You optimize images with Multi-Stage Builds and create extremely slim Distroless Images without shell or package manager. For security, you use Trivy and Docker Scout to scan images for vulnerabilities before they go to production. In the Kubernetes section, you work with kubectl and the graphical interface K9s to manage and debug clusters. You deploy applications with Deployments and Services, configure them with ConfigMaps and Secrets, and persistently store data in PersistentVolumes. For zero-downtime updates, you learn about Rolling Updates and Canary Deployments. Modern features: You work with Native Sidecars (Kubernetes 1.33+) and Traffic Distribution (Kubernetes 1.34) to bring your container architectures up to date.

What can I concretely implement after the workshop?

After the workshop, you can: Containerize legacy apps (e.g., package Java or Python monoliths in Docker) Build secure images (vulnerability scans with Trivy, mini-images with Distroless) Set up local development environments with Docker Compose (database + app + cache) Operate Kubernetes clusters (configure Deployments, Rolling Updates, Self-Healing) Migrate existing Docker setups to Kubernetes Not covered: Service meshes (Istio), GitOps (ArgoCD), monitoring (Prometheus). See Kubernetes Advanced (DW3).

Why does the bundle cost less than Docker Basics + Kubernetes Introduction separately?

The bundle combines both workshops in a continuous learning path and avoids repetition: Docker basics from Kubernetes Introduction are omitted, instead you learn migration from Docker Compose to Kubernetes, a critical practical topic missing in separate workshops. You learn both technologies in context and can directly recognize when to use which tool. Alternative: Book Docker Basics (DW1) + Kubernetes Introduction (DW2) separately if you need time to practice between workshops.

Why 5 days instead of 3 days like other providers?

Other providers compress Docker and Kubernetes into 3 days, leaving out important topics: Multi-Stage Builds, Distroless Images, Security Scanning with Trivy, Deployment Strategies (Canary, Blue-Green), and Storage Management with CSI. Our 5 days cover production-ready knowledge, not just basics. You get more hands-on time and can practice complex scenarios.

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Docker and Kubernetes Compact Workshop

Five-day Docker & Kubernetes bundle workshop: You start with containers, images, and Docker Compose, then learn Pods, Deployments, and Services, and master production-ready cluster deployments with self-healing and storage management by the end.

Workshop levelNo prior knowledge needed

Satisfied participants2340+

Days5

Workshop codeDW4

Workshop Details

What makes this workshop stand out

What you will learn and take away

You build production-ready images with Multi-Stage Builds, Distroless, and Hadolint, analyze layers with Dive, and scan vulnerabilities with Trivy and Docker Scout.
You orchestrate multi-service applications with Docker Compose (database, load balancer, monitoring) and migrate them to Kubernetes Deployments with Services, ConfigMaps, and Secrets.
You configure self-healing (LivenessProbe, ReadinessProbe), high availability with ReplicaSets and deployment strategies (Rolling Update, Canary, Blue-Green). You learn the fundamentals for operating in cloud environments (EKS, AKS, GKE) and on-premise infrastructures.

You differentiate yourself through modern tooling knowledge (K9s, Krew, Native Sidecars) and understand the architecture (CRI, CNI, CSI) behind Kubernetes. Advanced topics: Kubernetes Advanced (DW3), CKAD Certification (DW5).

Why the investment pays off

Your team loses days with incompatible development environments, inconsistent deployments, and manual scaling processes. This workshop reduces onboarding time from weeks to days, measurably reduces deployment errors through standardized container processes, and lowers infrastructure costs through efficient resource utilization (server consolidation, automatic scaling).

You receive immediately applicable skills: Your developers build secure images, your ops teams orchestrate production-ready clusters, and your architects understand cloud-native deployment strategies. After five days, your teams deploy applications with self-healing, rolling updates, and persistent storage.

Return on investment: A team with container knowledge shortens release cycles, minimizes downtime through automated recovery, and scales applications without manual intervention. The bundle combines Docker Basics (DW1) and Kubernetes Introduction (DW2) in a continuous learning path while saving costs compared to individual bookings.

Prerequisites

Required:

Basic Linux knowledge (filesystem, processes)
Experience with the command line (Bash, Terminal)
Basic understanding of software development or system administration

Not required:

No prior knowledge of Docker or Kubernetes
No cloud platform experience
No container experience

Workshop Agenda

Your Agenda at a Glance

Hands-on and structured. Every participant works in their own cloud environment. The agenda shows you what to expect each day.

09:00 - 10:00💬 Introduction Round

10:00 - 10:30

What is Docker?

You will learn Docker's architecture: daemon, CLI, images, and containers. By the end of this block, you will understand how Docker works under the hood and how containers differ from virtual machines.

Docker

10:30 - 11:00

Docker in Software Development

Through concrete examples, you will see where Docker accelerates development processes and where its limitations lie. You will compare Docker with alternatives like Podman and assess when containers are the right approach.

11:00 - 12:00

Installing and Configuring Docker

You will install Docker in your cloud environment, check the running configuration, and familiarize yourself with the key settings. Afterward, you can set up Docker independently on any Linux system.

12:00 - 13:00🥪 Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:40

Container Registry and Docker Hub

You will pull images from Docker Hub, inspect their layer structure, and push your own image to a registry. Along the way, you will learn how Docker Scout helps you detect vulnerabilities in images before they go to production.

Docker

13:40 - 14:30

Getting Started with the Docker CLI

You will start, stop, and delete containers using docker run, ps, logs, and exec. By the end, you will confidently navigate running containers and inspect their state in real time.

14:30 - 15:20

Docker Networks

You will create bridge and host networks, connect containers to each other, and test the communication between them. This way, you will understand how Docker networking works and when to use which network type.

15:20 - 16:00

Docker Volumes

You will compare bind mounts, named volumes, and tmpfs mounts, create a volume, and verify that data survives a container restart. Afterward, you will know how to store data persistently in Docker.

16:00 - 16:30💭 Questions & Answers

Our Benefits

All from one hand!

With our high-quality trainings and workshops, you can bring yourself and your team up to date. All this with many benefits that you get from us.

High Practical Content: 70% hands-on, 30% theory. You work continuously with real scenarios and take working code home with you. No PowerPoint battles, but directly applicable knowledge for your projects.
Cloud Learning Environment: DevNinjas Dojo: Your own Kubernetes clusters and VMs for each participant in the browser. No installation, works despite VPN/proxy/firewalls. You work with dedicated resources, not in shared environments.
Experienced Trainers: Full-time DevOps engineers and consultants from DevNinjas lead the workshops. Not external trainers, but specialized employees actively working on client projects and sharing real-world experience.
Small Groups: Maximum 8 participants per workshop. Everyone gets individual support from the trainer. Your specific questions and use cases get answered, not passed over in anonymous crowds.
Real-World Scenarios: No toy examples or hello-world demos. You work with production-grade setups: multi-container applications, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring stacks. Directly transferable to your production environments.
Certification: You receive an official certificate of attendance as PDF and a verified LinkedIn badge. Document your professional development for your employer, HR, and recruiters professionally.

Testimonials

How participants experience our trainings

4.9/ 5.0

Based on 1047+ participant reviewsacross all DevNinjas trainings

Content

4.8

Trainer

5.0

Hands-on

4.8

Including BMW, Bundeswehr, Deutsche Bahn and many more.

"The "Docker & Kubernetes Bundle" training provided me with solid, practical knowledge for everyday work and enabled me to handle Docker and Kubernetes professionally. The excellently structured material offers real added value, even beyond the workshop. The combination of technical depth and interactive delivery by the trainer rounded off the whole experience. An experience that continues to help me even after the training."

Swen Strangfeld

@Bundesdruckerei GmbH

"From my perspective, the workshop had the right speed and an appropriate level of challenge. The subject matter was explained clearly by the instructor and practically consolidated with well-distributed exercises. Adjusting the workshop focus to the participants wishes was not a problem. Valuable practical experiences were shared, and even more specific questions were gladly answered. The instructor's professional expertise and extensive practical experience on the subject gave this workshop a special quality."

S. Kaiser

@forcont business technology GmbH

"The Docker workshop at DevNinjas was an all-round success. The content was clearly structured and practically delivered, including meaningful hands-on exercises. I took away a lot and feel significantly more confident working with Docker. Even more complex topics like multi-stage builds and networking were explained in an understandable way. A clear recommendation for anyone who really wants to understand Docker!"

Daniel Müller

@Siemens Healthineers

"Good mix of theory and practice, flexible adjustment of content, good exercises."

Schucker

@Diehl Defence

"Great workshop, great trainer!"

M. Bell

@Emons Spedition GmbH

"The seminar is well structured and more than exceeded my expectations. Topics were conveyed in a professionally and methodically sound manner."

Stefan Ackermann

@Mediengruppe Pressedruck

"The trainer was competent and technically very well positioned."

Christoph Ley

@EUROGATE Technical Services

"I can recommend the Docker workshop at DevNinjas without reservation! The training was excellently structured: theory and practice complemented each other perfectly. The trainer always answered questions competently and clearly, making even more complex topics easily accessible. I was especially impressed by the professionally designed workshop materials, which are very useful as a reference even after the course. Overall, a thoroughly successful learning experience!"

Lukas Graf

@Bundeswehr

"The advanced Kubernetes workshop at DevNinjas really helped me grow professionally. The content was practical and excellently prepared, so even complex topics like RBAC, network policies and Ingress were conveyed in an understandable and directly applicable way. The deep expertise of the trainer was especially impressive and noticeable in every session. I can recommend this workshop to anyone who wants to use Kubernetes in production!"

Marius Büttner

@Siemens AG

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Docker and Kubernetes Compact Workshop

Workshop levelNo prior knowledge needed

Satisfied participants2340+

Days5

Workshop codeDW4

Workshop Details

What makes this workshop stand out

What you will learn and take away

You build production-ready images with Multi-Stage Builds, Distroless, and Hadolint, analyze layers with Dive, and scan vulnerabilities with Trivy and Docker Scout.
You orchestrate multi-service applications with Docker Compose (database, load balancer, monitoring) and migrate them to Kubernetes Deployments with Services, ConfigMaps, and Secrets.
You configure self-healing (LivenessProbe, ReadinessProbe), high availability with ReplicaSets and deployment strategies (Rolling Update, Canary, Blue-Green). You learn the fundamentals for operating in cloud environments (EKS, AKS, GKE) and on-premise infrastructures.

Why the investment pays off

Prerequisites

Required:

Basic Linux knowledge (filesystem, processes)
Experience with the command line (Bash, Terminal)
Basic understanding of software development or system administration

Not required:

No prior knowledge of Docker or Kubernetes
No cloud platform experience
No container experience

Workshop Agenda

Your Agenda at a Glance

Hands-on and structured. Every participant works in their own cloud environment. The agenda shows you what to expect each day.

09:00 - 10:00💬 Introduction Round

10:00 - 10:30

What is Docker?

Docker

10:30 - 11:00

Docker in Software Development

11:00 - 12:00

Installing and Configuring Docker

12:00 - 13:00🥪 Lunch Break

13:00 - 13:40

Container Registry and Docker Hub

Docker

13:40 - 14:30

Getting Started with the Docker CLI

You will start, stop, and delete containers using docker run, ps, logs, and exec. By the end, you will confidently navigate running containers and inspect their state in real time.

14:30 - 15:20

Docker Networks

15:20 - 16:00

Docker Volumes

16:00 - 16:30💭 Questions & Answers

Our Benefits

All from one hand!

With our high-quality trainings and workshops, you can bring yourself and your team up to date. All this with many benefits that you get from us.

High Practical Content: 70% hands-on, 30% theory. You work continuously with real scenarios and take working code home with you. No PowerPoint battles, but directly applicable knowledge for your projects.
Cloud Learning Environment: DevNinjas Dojo: Your own Kubernetes clusters and VMs for each participant in the browser. No installation, works despite VPN/proxy/firewalls. You work with dedicated resources, not in shared environments.
Experienced Trainers: Full-time DevOps engineers and consultants from DevNinjas lead the workshops. Not external trainers, but specialized employees actively working on client projects and sharing real-world experience.
Small Groups: Maximum 8 participants per workshop. Everyone gets individual support from the trainer. Your specific questions and use cases get answered, not passed over in anonymous crowds.
Real-World Scenarios: No toy examples or hello-world demos. You work with production-grade setups: multi-container applications, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring stacks. Directly transferable to your production environments.
Certification: You receive an official certificate of attendance as PDF and a verified LinkedIn badge. Document your professional development for your employer, HR, and recruiters professionally.

Testimonials

How participants experience our trainings

4.9/ 5.0

Based on 1047+ participant reviewsacross all DevNinjas trainings

Content

4.8

Trainer

5.0

Hands-on

4.8

Including BMW, Bundeswehr, Deutsche Bahn and many more.

"The "Docker & Kubernetes Bundle" training provided me with solid, practical knowledge for everyday work and enabled me to handle Docker and Kubernetes professionally. The excellently structured material offers real added value, even beyond the workshop. The combination of technical depth and interactive delivery by the trainer rounded off the whole experience. An experience that continues to help me even after the training."

Swen Strangfeld

@Bundesdruckerei GmbH

"From my perspective, the workshop had the right speed and an appropriate level of challenge. The subject matter was explained clearly by the instructor and practically consolidated with well-distributed exercises. Adjusting the workshop focus to the participants wishes was not a problem. Valuable practical experiences were shared, and even more specific questions were gladly answered. The instructor's professional expertise and extensive practical experience on the subject gave this workshop a special quality."

S. Kaiser

@forcont business technology GmbH

"The Docker workshop at DevNinjas was an all-round success. The content was clearly structured and practically delivered, including meaningful hands-on exercises. I took away a lot and feel significantly more confident working with Docker. Even more complex topics like multi-stage builds and networking were explained in an understandable way. A clear recommendation for anyone who really wants to understand Docker!"

Daniel Müller

@Siemens Healthineers

"Good mix of theory and practice, flexible adjustment of content, good exercises."

Schucker

@Diehl Defence

"Great workshop, great trainer!"

M. Bell

@Emons Spedition GmbH

"The seminar is well structured and more than exceeded my expectations. Topics were conveyed in a professionally and methodically sound manner."

Stefan Ackermann

@Mediengruppe Pressedruck

"The trainer was competent and technically very well positioned."

Christoph Ley

@EUROGATE Technical Services

"I can recommend the Docker workshop at DevNinjas without reservation! The training was excellently structured: theory and practice complemented each other perfectly. The trainer always answered questions competently and clearly, making even more complex topics easily accessible. I was especially impressed by the professionally designed workshop materials, which are very useful as a reference even after the course. Overall, a thoroughly successful learning experience!"

Lukas Graf

@Bundeswehr

"The advanced Kubernetes workshop at DevNinjas really helped me grow professionally. The content was practical and excellently prepared, so even complex topics like RBAC, network policies and Ingress were conveyed in an understandable and directly applicable way. The deep expertise of the trainer was especially impressive and noticeable in every session. I can recommend this workshop to anyone who wants to use Kubernetes in production!"

Marius Büttner

@Siemens AG