Launching an Nginx Container

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Launching an Nginx Container

In this hands-on lab, you will be pulling a specific Nginx container image and then using that image to start a new container with port mappings. Upon completion of this lab, you will have the knowledge and skills required to start a new Nginx container, map host ports to container ports, and assign a name to a Docker container.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 22, 2025

Duration

15m

Challenge

Pull an Image
- Log in to server-1 using the cloud_user account.
- Pull the Nginx image with the tag of 1.22
Challenge

Start a Container
- Start a new container using the nginx:1.22 container image.
- Name the container web-1.
- Map the container port 80 to host port 8080.
Challenge

Verify the Container Is Working
- Use curl to access server-1:8080 to verify the container is running.
- Use a web browser and the public IP address of server-1 to check that the container is running on port 8080.

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