10 guides
A container stuck in a restart loop? Read the logs, check the exit code, and fix the real cause: bad config, missing files, port conflicts, or dependencies.
The three core Docker concepts made clear: images are blueprints, containers are running instances, volumes hold data. How they relate and what a delete wipes.
Understand docker run for real: -d, -p, -v, -e, --name, --rm, and --restart, with copy-paste examples for Nginx, Postgres, and one-off commands.
What no, always, unless-stopped, and on-failure actually do in Docker. How each handles crashes, reboots, and manual stops, plus the gotchas that catch people.
A line-by-line walkthrough of a real docker-compose.yml file: services, image, ports, volumes, environment, depends_on, networks, and the top-level keys.
Pillar Guide
Compare Proxmox KVM VMs and LXC containers: isolation, performance, overhead, when to pick each, why Windows needs a VM, and privileged vs unprivileged containers.
Pillar Guide
Understand Docker networking: bridge vs host vs none, default vs user-defined bridges, container DNS by name, publishing ports, and Compose networks.
Use Claude Code with an MCP server to inspect containers, read logs, and debug Docker on Windows and WSL, what to connect, safe scope, and example workflows.
Install Docker Desktop on Windows 10 or 11 with the WSL2 backend: enable virtualization, run the installer, verify, and fix the common setup errors.
Pillar Guide
Learn Docker Compose from scratch: write one YAML file to run multiple containers, with a working WordPress + MySQL example and the core up/down commands.