Inspect a Container Image Without Pulling It
Explore the OCI image index, manifests, and configuration of a remote multi-platform image - without pulling a single byte of filesystem layers into the local Docker daemon.
Focused, hands-on problems for sharpening your DevOps and server-side skills. Some teach specific concepts while others mirror real-world scenarios. Every challenge includes hints, feedback, and automated solution checks.
Explore the OCI image index, manifests, and configuration of a remote multi-platform image - without pulling a single byte of filesystem layers into the local Docker daemon.
Save container images as OCI layouts and explore the on-disk structure of single-platform (manifest-based) and multi-platform (index-based) images.
Can you unpack the filesystem of a container image into a local directory?
Be a networking Sherlock Holmes - find out which port a Kubernetes app uses and send a request to it.
Learn a trick or two about container image labels and how to read them with ctr.