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CL-304 Cloud & Platform

Docker & Containerization

Containers from mechanism to mastery: images and layers, Dockerfile craft, multi-stage builds, networking and volumes, compose-based multi-service apps, and image hygiene — learners containerise a real application and shrink its image by an order of magnitude.

B2Foundation
5modules
34skill atoms
6role journeys
Curriculum

What this course covers.

5 modules, 34 named skill atoms. Expand any module to see them.

1Container Mechanics7 skill atoms
namespaces/cgroups intuitionimages vs containersunion filesystem layerscontainer vs VM isolationtags vs digestsrun lifecycle & exit codesPID 1 signal handling
2Dockerfile Craft7 skill atoms
layer cachingmulti-stagesize optimizationinstruction ordering for cache hits.dockerignore disciplinealpine vs distroless base choicenon-root USER
3Networking & Storage7 skill atoms
bridge networksvolumessecrets handlingport publishing & host modeDNS by container namenamed volumes vs bind mountsno secrets baked into image layers
4Compose Applications6 skill atoms
multi-service stackshealthchecksdepends_on with service_healthyenv files & variable substitutioncompose networks & service discoveryrestart policies
5Image Hygiene7 skill atoms
scanningtagsregistry disciplineTrivy CVE scanningdigest pinning over latestbase image refresh cadenceregistry auth for private repos
Where it fits

CL-304 in the role journeys.

This course appears in 6 of our 45 role journeys. Here is what a learner takes immediately before and after it in each.

MLOps / LLMOps Engineer

Foundation stage
AI-102CL-304CL-311

Cloud Engineer

Professional stage
CL-311CL-304CL-312

Platform / DevOps Engineer

Foundation stage
CL-105CL-304CL-101

DevSecOps Engineer

Foundation stage
starts hereCL-304CL-312

AI Infrastructure Engineer

Foundation stage
AI-102CL-304CL-305

Platform Engineer (IDP)

Foundation stage
CL-102CL-304CL-318

Roles this course serves

The capability ladder

This course is authored to band B2.

Every course we run is written to one rung of the CASI ladder, so a plan can be assembled to take a team from where they are to where they need to be.

What do B1–B6 mean?The CASI Capability Ladder — click to expand

Every course targets a band on the CASI Capability Ladder — our six-band proficiency scale, anchored to open standards (O*NET, ESCO, NICE, NIST AI RMF, Bloom's). A band tells you how deep a course goes, and what evidence proves it.

What the learner can doTypical evidence
B1
AwareUnderstands concepts and vocabulary; uses tools with guidance
Knowledge checks
B2
FoundationPerforms standard tasks correctly in familiar contexts
Guided labs, autograded exercises
B3
PractitionerDelivers complete pieces of work independently
Scenario labs, proctored hands-on exams
B4
ProfessionalHandles production-grade complexity, trade-offs and failure modes
Break-fix drills, design defenses
B5
AdvancedEngineers systems end-to-end under constraints; leads others
Rubric-scored capstones, vivas
B6
ExpertSets direction; recognised authority across teams
Portfolio + panel evaluation

A note on B6. Courses in this catalog target B1–B5. B6 is not taught — it is recognised, through a portfolio and a panel, once someone is setting direction for others. Every journey here is built to land a learner at B5.

Next step

Run CL-304 for your team.

This course runs at several lengths depending on how deep you need to go and how much of it your people already have. Tell us who is being trained and we will scope it.

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