Kube By Example - Building Spring Boot Docker Images (Udemy.com)
Learn how to build Docker Images for your Spring Boot Applications
Created by: John Thompson
Last updated May 2022
What you will learn
- Learn how to build a Docker Image for a Spring Boot Application
- Learn how to build a Spring Boot Layered Docker Image to save resources
- Build Docker Images using Apache Maven
- Push Docker Images to Docker Hub using Maven
How it compares
Against the other 219 rated Udemy courses in DevOps on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 78% of them
- Reviews225#168 of 220 by number of reviews
- Length1 hourshorter than 98% of them
- Last updatedMay 2022earlier than 63% of them
Course Description
In this course you will learn how easy it is to build Docker images for your Spring Boot Applications.
The uses a simple Spring Boot Application which provides a simple RESTful API.
This application is built into an executable JAR and place inside of a Docker image.
You will learn how to write a Docker file, which will use a base Java image and then copy your Spring Boot executable JAR into the new Docker Image.
Using the command line, you will instruct Docker to build your Spring Boot Docker Image.
Once the Docker image is created, you can instruct Docker to run the image in a new container. Once running, you can use Postman to access the RESTful API in the Spring Boot application.
You will learn how to build two different Docker Images. One Docker image is with the Spring Boot Application in a single JAR archive. The second Docker image will have the Spring Boot Application in layers. Using layers helps save disk space when the application is deployed.
To support CI builds, you can also configure Apache Maven to build your application and Docker image.
In the course, you will learn how to configure the Fabric8 Maven Docker Plugin to build the Spring Boot Application, and Docker image. You will also learn how to configure the plugin to push your Docker Image to Docker Hub.
Enroll today if you wish to see how easy it is to build Spring Boot Docker images!
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
225 Reviews
John Thompson
Hi. I'm John.
I've been in the IT industry for over 25 years. Today, I specialize mainly in Java, the most successful and widely known programming language in use today. I also specialize with the Spring Framework, which the most popular open source application framework for building enterprise class applications on the Java platform. Just some of the organizations I've worked with include Visa, Kohls, Federal Home Loan Bank, and Belk Department Stores.
Through the courses I'm providing, I hope to leverage my years of experience to accelerate your learning of the Spring Framework. I'm not going to lie to you. The Spring Framework is a big framework. The environment for enterprise Java is even bigger. If you're new to Java, you have a lot to learn. I hope through the content on this web site I can accelerate your education of the Java and Spring landscape.
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Reviews
By Mihailo Krstic on 10/5/2025
Nice and quick introduction
By Raimi Lawal Mustapha on 11/7/2024
This is an awesome course for any java developer who wants to learn how to use docker. The lessons are easy to follow with very clear explanations.
By Sergii Kononenko on 8/9/2023
Thank Gods that people like John Thompson share their experience with others. It's scary to imagine how much time I need to spend in order to figure it all out myself. Looking forward to more "production ready approach" courses from you John! Thank you!
By Bill Lyons on 4/22/2023
Outstanding, and incredibly free! It is very helpful if you signed up for and took the Spring Cloud Guru Spring Boot/Spring Cloud Beginner to Guru course earlier. John corrects the now deprecated fabrik8 deployment with the new tool: jkube. The course is easy to follow, and is focused solely on Kubernetes Docker deployments of an existing SpringBoot application. If you need more help with building SpringBoot Apps, look at John's other course offerings.
By Bello Adamou on 2/21/2023
Very good match! I always learn with John Thompson.
By Justin Grayman on 12/27/2022
Very thorough and insightful look into containerizing Spring Boot microservices. Great content!
By Richard Ashby on 12/12/2022
A great intro to creating layered-docker images using Spring Boot. Thanks John!
By Максим on 8/1/2022
Not so easy to understand the author for non-native speaker
By Sigfrido Pérez Coapango on 6/22/2022
Excelente información, completa y entendible
By Ra'ed Abu Sa'da on 5/24/2022
good tutorial about layers specially. I know Docker but this layers approach was new to me. I enjoyed it
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