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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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Knowledge Check: Container Networking


1. A container works fine when tested with docker exec <container> curl localhost:80, but curl http://localhost:8080/ from the host fails. What's the most likely cause?

Answer: The container was never started with a port-publish flag (-p 8080:80) mapping the host port to the container's port — the app works internally, but nothing connects the host to it.


2. Can you add port publishing to an already-running container?

Answer: No — port publishing is set at container creation time; you must remove and recreate the container with the correct -p flag.


3. How can one container reach another by name instead of IP?

Answer: If both containers are on the same user-defined Docker network, Docker's built-in DNS resolves the target container's NAME automatically — no IP address needed.


4. Why does container-name resolution fail between two containers that AREN'T on the same Docker network?

Answer: Docker's per-network DNS only knows about containers actually attached to that specific network — being on a different (or no) network means there's no DNS entry for the target container at all.

Instructor Notes

Facilitation: Question 1 directly previews this module's Lab — a good moment to build anticipation for it.

Approximate timing: 5 minutes.