Stairway to Database Containers

Containers are a lightweight way of building applications that run on a host. Similar to virtualization, the container is a virtual OS rather than a full machine. This stairway will walk you through the basis of containers using Docker for Windows and SQL Server inside of a container.

• Stairway to Database Containers Level 1: Getting Started with Database Containers

  In the first level of the Stairway to Database Containers, we learn how to get started with Docker for Windows, downloading an image, and starting a container.

• Stairway to Database Containers Level 2: Persisting Storage in Containers

  The second level of the Stairway to Database Containers looks at the basics of persisting storage in your containers.

• Stairway to Database Containers Level 3: Building Custom Container Images by Hand

  In this next level of the Stairway to Database Containers learn how to customer a container and save the changes to a new image.

• Stairway to Database Containers Level 4: Using a Docker Compose File

  In the next level of the Stairway to Database Containers, let's learn to use a compose file to specify a number of options for our container.