Master everything you need to know about Docker containers to easily create, deploy, and run your applications with containers.

DevOps for Developers

By now, you've probably heard the buzz around Docker. It's fundamentally changed the development process and been adopted by software teams of all sizes, and for good reason: Docker makes it considerably easier to create, deploy, and run applications with the use of containers.

Docker is here to stay, and is becoming one of the most in-demand technologies on the market. Mastering it now will help you produce better software, level up your career, and stand out from the crowd. Get started today.

Docker for Developers

As we saw in the [*Using Volumes*](https://www.educative.io/courses/docker-for-developers/using-volumes) lesson, it's better to create images that result in stateless containers that rely on external data stores. Sometimes though, you need to store your data in a persistent file system.

When this need arises, use the *VOLUME* instruction as such:



In this lesson, you will learn how to store your data in a persistent file system.

Storage