Docker to Deployments: A Hands-On 2-Day Workshop
📅 Day 2: Deploy & Scale From Docker to Decentralized Cloud (Akash Network)
Who Should Join:
Students who completed Day 1 (or already know Docker basics). If you want to go beyond localhost and deploy real apps especially AI/ML tools on a scalable, cost-efficient, decentralized cloud, this is your day.
Why This Matters:
Running containers locally is step one. Step two? Deploying them so others can use them without paying AWS prices. Enter Akash Network: an open, decentralized cloud where you rent compute from real providers worldwide, often at 3/10th the cost. Perfect for students, hackers, and indie AI builders.
What You’ll Do:
Recap Docker essentials (quick refresher no stress)
Learn what Akash Network is: decentralized cloud, serverless GPUs, and why it’s perfect for AI apps
Set up your Akash console and collect $10 credits free (we’ll walk you through it)
Write a deployment manifest (YAML/SDL) to launch your Dockerized app on Akash
Deploy your container yes, for real and get a public URL
Learn how to scale: spin up multiple instances, handle basic load, and monitor usage
Bonus: Deploy a lightweight AI model (like a text generator or image classifier) and access it via API
You’ll Walk Away With:
✅ Your app (or AI tool) running live on the decentralized cloud
✅ A working Akash setup + wallet + deployment config
✅ Understanding of scaling containers beyond your laptop
✅ A unique edge: you’ll know how to deploy on Akash a skill most students (and even pros) don’t have yet
💡 Prerequisite: Completion of Day 1 or basic Docker knowledge (images, containers, Dockerfile)
💡 Bring: Laptop, Docker ready, and appetite for deploying something real.
This positions your workshop as not just another Docker intro it’s a launchpad into modern, cost-efficient, decentralized deployment. That’s rare. That’s valuable. That’s resume-worthy.