🐳 Phase 4: Containerization with Docker
We encapsulate each microservice into its own Docker container to achieve environment consistency and portability.
🎯 You’ll Learn:
- Why containerization is essential in microservice ecosystems
- How to write Dockerfiles for Python, Node.js, Java, and .NET Core apps
- How to build and run containers
- Container networking and volume mounting
🛠 Topics Covered:
- Writing Dockerfiles for each service
- Installing dependencies inside containers
- Exposing ports and configuring environment variables
- Docker CLI basics:
build,run,exec,logs - Creating named networks for communication between services