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Working With Prebuilt Docker Images
After installation, the best way to familiarize yourself with Docker, is to run containers from a few prebuilt images. In this lab, you will explore Docker Hub for images that will run a website. Once you find suitable images, you will get them into your development environment, and begin experimenting. You will run, stop, and delete containers from those images. You will also learn how to use existing data in containers.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Explore Docker Hub
- Find web server containers. For this lab, we will be using
httpd
andnginx
. - View the Description and Tags. Click the latest tag in the Description to see the Dockerfile.
Note: You will be working with Prebuilt Docker images from Docker Hub. Take some time to explore Docker Hub and familiarize yourself with the site's features.
- Find web server containers. For this lab, we will be using
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Challenge
Get and View `httpd`
- Get the
httpd
image from Docker Hub, using the2.4
tag. - Run a container named "httpd" from the
httpd
image. Map server port8080
, to port80
in the container. - In a browser, go to the public IP of your server on port
8080
, to verify the httpd webserver is running.
- Get the
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Challenge
Run a Copy of the Website in `httpd`
- Clone the existing website code onto the server. The website is available at
https://github.com/linuxacademy/content-widget-factory-inc
. - Stop and delete your currently running
httpd
container. - Create a new
httpd
container, and mount the website data. Don't forget to map the port! - In a browser, go to the public IP of your server on port
8080
, to verify the website is displaying.
- Clone the existing website code onto the server. The website is available at
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Challenge
Get and View `nginx`
- Get the latest
nginx
image from Docker Hub. - Run a container named "nginx" from the
nginx
image. Map server port8081
, to port80
in the container. - In a browser, go to the public IP of your server on port
8081
, to verify the nginx webserver is running.
- Get the latest
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Challenge
Run a Copy of the Website in `nginx`
- Stop and delete your current running
nginx
container. - Create a new
nginx
container, mounting the website data into the container. Remember to map the port! - In a browser, go to the public IP of your server on port
8081
, to verify the website is displaying.
- Stop and delete your current running
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