Welcome to Docker Workshop
A hands-on, workshop covering the full Docker developer experience - from inner-loop workflows and containerization basics all the way to AI agents, MCP servers, security hardening, and Sandboxing.
🗺️ What's Covered
🐳 Docker 101
Get comfortable with core Docker concepts and a real-world sample app.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Inner vs Outer Loop Development | Start → |
| What is a Container | Start → |
| Running Postgres Containers | Start → |
| Product Catalog - Overview | Start → |
| Product Catalog - Tech Stack | Start → |
| Product Catalog - Develop | Start → |
| Product Catalog - Test | Start → |
| Product Catalog - Build | Start → |
| Product Catalog - Secure | Start → |
🧠 Docker & AI
Run AI models locally, connect them to tools via MCP, build agents, and safely sandbox AI-generated actions - all inside Docker.
🤖 Docker Agent
Build, run, and share AI agents using Docker's declarative multi-agent runtime.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Overview | Start → |
| Getting Started | Start → |
| Concepts | |
| Autonomy | Start → |
| Perception | Start → |
| Reasoning | Start → |
| Action | Start → |
| Goal-oriented | Start → |
| Built-in Tools | |
| memory | Start → |
| think | Start → |
| todo | Start → |
| shell | Start → |
| filesystem | Start → |
| environment | Start → |
| Integrations | |
| Docker Agent with MCP | Start → |
| Docker Agent with Docker Model Runner | Start → |
| Docker Agent with RAG | Start → |
| Projects | |
| A Simple Pirate Agent | Start → |
| Learning Agent with Alloy Models | Start → |
| Developer Agent with Tools | Start → |
| Financial Analysis Team | Start → |
| Docker Expert Team | Start → |
| Bug Investigator | Start → |
| Auto Curator Agent | Start → |
| Sharing Agents | Start → |
🚀 Docker Model Runner
Run LLMs locally inside Docker - no cloud required, GPU-accelerated inference out of the box.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Overview | Start → |
| Getting Started | Start → |
| Product Catalog Chatbot | Start → |
| GenAI Chatbot | Start → |
🔌 Docker MCP Catalog and Toolkit
Connect AI models to real tools and services via the Model Context Protocol, managed securely through Docker.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Overview | Start → |
| Getting Started | Start → |
| Visual Chatbot | Start → |
| Running your First MCP Server | Start → |
| GitHub MCP Server and Claude Desktop | Start → |
| Docker MCP Server and Gordon | Start → |
| Docker MCP Server and VS Code | Start → |
| GitHub MCP Server and Gordon | Start → |
| Kubernetes MCP Server and Claude | Start → |
| Slack MCP Server and Claude | Start → |
🧪 Sandboxing with Docker
Safely execute AI-generated code and agent actions in isolated containers to prevent unintended side effects.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Overview | Start → |
| Getting Started | Start → |
| Playwright Browser Testing | Start → |
🧩 Agentic Compose
Multi-agent workflows orchestrated with Docker Compose.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Overview | Start → |
| Getting Started | Start → |
| DevDuck - Overview | Start → |
| DevDuck - Prerequisite | Start → |
| DevDuck - Getting Started | Start → |
| DevDuck - Local Agent Interaction | Start → |
| DevDuck - Cerebras Interaction | Start → |
| Agentic Product Catalog | Start → |
| Hackathon Recommender | Start → |
| A2A Multi-Agent Fact Checker | Start → |
🔒 Docker and Security
Harden your images and meet compliance requirements with Docker Hardened Images.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Overview | Start → |
| Getting Started | Start → |
| Image Scanning | Start → |
| Switch to DHI | Start → |
| Compliance & Attestations | Start → |
⚡ Docker Offload
Offload GPU-intensive workloads to the cloud seamlessly.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Overview | Start → |
| Getting Started | Start → |
☸️ Kubernetes 101
Deploy a real app to a live cluster and learn the core building blocks hands-on - Pods, Deployments, Services, scaling, rolling updates, and Ingress.
| Topic | Link |
|---|---|
| Introduction & Your Cluster | Start → |
| Pods | Start → |
| Deployments | Start → |
| Services | Start → |
| Scaling & Rolling Updates | Start → |
| Exposing Your App with Ingress | Start → |
| Bonus: Compose to Kubernetes with Compose Bridge | Start → |
| Bonus: Talk to Your Model & Wrap-Up | Start → |
🗓️ Suggested Learning Paths
This workshop is self-paced and modular - pick any topic and go. Here are a few suggested paths based on your goals:
| Goal | Suggested Topics |
|---|---|
| 🐣 New to Docker | Docker 101 → Product Catalog |
| 🤖 Build AI Apps | Docker Model Runner → Docker MCP → Docker Agent → Agentic Compose |
| 🔐 Focus on Security | Docker 101 → Docker and Security (DHI) |
| 🧠 Multi-Agent Systems | Docker Agent → Agentic Compose → Docker MCP |
| ⚡ GPU & Cloud Offload | Docker Model Runner → Docker Offload |
| 🔒 Safe AI Execution | Docker Model Runner → Sandboxing with Docker |