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About the Course

Take the next step in your software engineering career by getting skilled in container tools and technologies! The average salary for jobs that require container skills is $137,000 in the US according to salary.com, making Devops professionals and developers with these skills highly in demand. More than 70 percent of Fortune 100 companies are running containerized applications. But why? Using containerization, organizations can move applications quickly and seamlessly among desktop, on-premises, and cloud platforms. In this beginner course on containers, learn how to build cloud native applications using current containerization tools and technologies such as Docker, container registries, Kubernetes, Red Hat, OpenShift, and Istio. Also learn how to deploy and scale your applications in any public, private, or hybrid cloud. By taking this course you will familiarize yourself with: - Docker objects, Dockerfile commands, container image naming, Docker networking, storage, and plugins - Kubernetes command line interface (CLI), or “kubectl” to manipulate objects, manage workloads in a Kubernetes cluster, and apply basic kubectl commands - ReplicaSets, autoscaling, rolling updates, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and service bindings - The similarities and differences between OpenShift and Kubernetes Each week, you will apply what you learn in hands-on, browser-based labs. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to build a container image, then deploy and scale your container. The skills taught in this course are essential to anyone in the fields of software development, back-end & full-stack development, cloud architects, cloud system engineers, devops practitioners, site reliability engineers (SRE), cloud networking specialists and many other roles....

Top reviews

MC

Nov 19, 2020

The Course represents a good starting point for everyone who want to use containers, however, i think it could be better if there were more hands on labs.

RM

Jun 22, 2021

Very good introduction to the basic concepts of Containerization and Kubernetes. Good examples to get a starting feel on how to work with such tools

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By Аксенов И А

Jul 28, 2021

Курс неплохой, особенно для понимания основ контейнеризации. Плюс дается понимание OpenShift на базовом уровне. Отдельное спасибо за очень технологичные и качественные лабораторные работы. за это отдельное 5+

By Md. Z A

Mar 19, 2025

An excellent course from IBM on Containers (especially for Docker and Kubernetes). The Labs provided by IBM are very helpful and help to gain skills very efficiently. I highly recommend this course.

By Frik B

Oct 7, 2024

The course content is very good. There was one exercise in OpenShift that I could not do in the Lab Environment. Luckily I had access to another environment where I could do it.

By Nadine J

Oct 27, 2022

A good introduction to Docker, Kubernetes and OpenShift. I really enjoyed the hand-on labs. They're an efficient way to understand how abstract concepts can be applied.

By RAUNAK B

Dec 26, 2021

The course was really helpful and cleared the concept and idea behind using containers. The hands-on lab exercise helped me in understanding the code in a better way.

By Guilherme M

Aug 2, 2021

Great introduction course! The tools provided by IBM and OpenShift are a must to anyone who wants run and scaling containerized applications in the cloud with ease.

By Janice V

May 14, 2023

This course was easy to understand and follow. The hands-on labs were well done and very helpful in understanding and reinforcing the topics.

By Thomas B

Mar 12, 2021

Logical curriculum with very good practice in the labs. Instructions in the labs and the documentation is well prepared very comprehensible.

By Mahad R

May 28, 2023

Excellent course with foundations. Can be more helpful, if a person will explain concepts. Great labs

By Deleted A

Dec 17, 2020

Demanding but achievable in short time great result, thanks and good luck.

By JOHN F G M

Mar 27, 2023

this course taught me new lessons and skills

By Артем Ф

Feb 26, 2023

Great presentation of knowledge as always

By Zain J

Feb 26, 2023

Excellent material for learning.

By GONZALEZ R J D

Mar 24, 2023

excelente contenido

By Gavin W

May 2, 2023

Great Course

By Roberto J

Feb 26, 2023

Great!

By Bengt H

Mar 7, 2023

It was a good beginner's course, for my next level I would like a little bit more hands-on.

By Mohamed M A

Mar 21, 2023

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By Ahmed N S

Jan 26, 2026

This course did not meet my expectations, especially given IBM’s reputation. The discussion forums reply late, and this only adds more frustration, as there is no immediate help when encountering an issue. The AI grading system is unreliable and frequently produces incorrect results, and the peer-grading process is further complicated by inaccurate and confusing information in the Final Project Lab instructions. The course includes sample outputs that do not align with the stated lab instructions. This inconsistency leads to confusion and, in many cases, incorrect peer evaluations. As a result, the grading process does not feel fair, consistent, or reliable. Learners who are seeking strong, practical, hands-on experience may find this course disappointing. The curriculum is heavily theory-focused and lacks sufficient connection to real-world, industry-level applications. The practical labs offer limited value and do not provide clear guidance on how to begin working with containers, Docker, or Kubernetes in real-life scenarios. Instead, the course relies on pre-integrated platforms without adequately explaining foundational concepts or practical setup. Additionally, the Cloud IDE is often slow, unstable, and prone to frequent resets, sometimes every few minutes, which significantly disrupts the learning experience. Given these issues, the course did not feel like a worthwhile investment.

By Wesley C

Jun 24, 2024

It had good information, but I felt the practical examples weren't very good. A lot of it was "copy this command and watch the magic happen" which is great and all, but I didn't really learn *how* to build a Docker container.

By Timo S

Apr 26, 2025

The informations of this course were way too compressed. Mentioning a new concept in a video every 5 seconds and not really explaining it is too much. A human explanation of the concepts would be beneficial.

By Hussein F H

Aug 11, 2021

need more details and focus on practical side

By Erkhemtur A

Aug 21, 2025

Ai grade system is so bad!

By Zach D

Dec 30, 2021

Had high hopes for this course, but it is NOT worth it. Along with a few other issues the lab environment is unbearable.

The information in the instructional portion is great and easy to follow along to, but I've run into multiple issues with the lab environment including:

- Running into connection errors,

-Not given proper guidance on replacement criteria (for example it will say something along the lines of "input <$YOUR_ACCOUNTNAME>" in which case you don't know if you're supposed to use <ACCOUNT_NAME>, ACCOUNT_NAME, or $ACCOUNT_NAME and have to play around with multiple inputs before getting the right one

- Most frustrating was not being able to troubleshoot. Some connection issues can be resolved by logging out and clearing cache according to the forums, however I was physically unable to logout as the lab environment stalled for 15 minutes before I gave up.

Additionally, you will NOT receive feedback on incorrect quiz answers so you'll be left not knowing why you were wrong and have to research answers on your own.

After completing a few weeks of assignments I will not be finishing the course as it is not proving to be worth it.

By Stephanie R

Jan 28, 2024

The AI-generated videos were pretty terrible for this course. Since this course was one of the first where I actually didn't know any of the material going into the course, I found it much more difficult to follow along with the videos than some of the previous courses. The labs for Week 2 and Week 3 didn't work correctly for me, even though I was following the instructions exactly. The labs for this course, in general, felt very "copy-paste", and I don't think there were enough opportunities for practicing skills used in the labs (i.e. repetition). I felt like I learned practically nothing from this course.