Intro To Containers & Containerized Environments | Episode 61

About this episode

This episode provides an introduction to containerization and its application in modern infrastructure from a DevOps perspective.

In this WEI DevOps workshop, WEI DevOps Engineer Matt Frechette breaks down containerization from an infrastructure operator’s perspective. Matt starts with the fundamentals and moving into a real-world application.If you’re responsible for uptime, performance, and modernization, this session is designed to help you understand how containers fit into your existing virtualized and hybrid environments.What you’ll learn:- How infrastructure evolved from bare metal → virtualization → containers- Key differences between VMs and containers (and why it matters for resource utilization and lifecycle management)- How containers eliminate configuration drift and reduce OS overhead- Core components: container engines (Docker), images, registries, and runtimes- How to build and version custom container images using Dockerfiles- Running multi-container applications with Docker Compose- Persistent storage, networking, and scaling strategies in containerized environments- Live demo: deploying, updating, and rolling back a containerized web applicationThis workshop focuses on practical adoption to provide you a clear starting point for introducing containerization into your environment without…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Frechette

Topics covered

• containerization
• DevOps
• infrastructure
• virtualization
• hybrid environments
• resource utilization
• application deployment

Keywords

• containers
• virtual machines
• configuration drift
• OS overhead
• custom container images
• persistent storage
• scaling strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: WEI

Products: Docker, Docker Compose

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