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ced4568andClaude Sonnet 5 682ef2de47 feat(root04): author Containers & Docker
Adds all 8 ROOT 04 modules (why containers exist, images & containers, Docker CLI, container
networking, container storage, Dockerfile & image build, Docker Compose, containers →
Kubernetes) — 43 activities, using the nested Docker Engine Phase 6D built and tested. Modules
1, 2, and 8 are conceptual (no lab by design) — the honest bridge module (M8) explicitly names
what Kubernetes adds beyond what this course already taught, without re-teaching Kubernetes
itself.

Adds 5 new hands-on Docker scenarios plus 2 MCQs, all against the real nested Docker Engine:
docker-cli-basics (run/exec/inspect a real container), docker-container-networking (a genuine
"works internally, unreachable from host" port-publishing failure, diagnosed and fixed by
recreating the container with the correct `-p` flag), docker-container-storage (a real
destroy/recreate cycle proving named-volume persistence, not just described), docker-build-image
(a real Dockerfile, a real build, a real custom image run), and docker-compose-multiservice (a
real two-service Compose application with a real published port). All tested end-to-end via the
real scenario-validation API, including negative tests.

Wires rootnode-containers-assessment (2 required + 4 random-draw scenarios) using the existing
Phase 3B assessment engine.

This completes the entire ROOT_ Foundations sequence (ROOT 01-04) — see
docs/PHASE6E_ROOT_FOUNDATIONS_COMPLETION.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
2026-08-26 17:08:14 -05:00

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Guided Exercise: Diagnose Before You Recreate Anything

This is a paper exercise — commit to a diagnostic plan before working in the Lab.

Your task

A container payments-api is reported as "unreachable" by a teammate. Before touching anything, write out, in order, the exact commands you'd run to determine WHERE the problem actually is — using this module's and ROOT 02's tools.

A worked shape to check yourself against

docker ps --filter name=payments-api          # is it even running?
docker exec payments-api curl -sf localhost:PORT/    # does it work internally?
docker port payments-api                        # is anything actually published?
curl -sf http://localhost:PUBLISHED_PORT/       # does the published mapping actually work?

This sequence isolates each layer independently — running? working internally? published at all? published mapping actually functional? — exactly the same "isolate one variable at a time" discipline ROOT 02 Module 3 taught, applied here to containers specifically.

Instructor Notes

Facilitation: This exercise is deliberately a direct copy of ROOT 02's diagnostic discipline — the value is students recognizing that connection themselves, not being told it explicitly.

Approximate timing: 8-10 minutes live discussion; 5 minutes self-paced.