Announcing Docker Birthday #4: Spreading the Docker Love!

Community is at the heart of Docker and thanks to the hard work of thousands of maintainers, contributors, Captains, mentors, organizers, and the entire Docker community, the Docker platform is now used in production by companies of all sizes and industries.

To show our love and gratitude, it has become a tradition for Docker and our awesome network of meetup organizers to host Docker Birthday #4 meetup celebrations all over the world. This year the celebrations will take place during the week of March 13-19, 2017. Come learn, mentor, celebrate, eat cake, and take an epic #dockerselfie!

Docker Love

We wanted to hear from the community about why they love Docker!

Wellington Silva, Docker São Paulo meetup organizer said “Docker changed my life, I used to spend days compiling and configuring environments. Then I used to spend hours setting up using VM. Nowadays I setup an environment in minutes, sometimes in seconds.”

Love the new organization of commands in #Docker 1.13!

— Kaslin Fields (@kaslinfields) January 25, 2017

Docker Santo Domingo organizer, Victor Recio said, “Docker has increased my effectiveness at work, currently I can deploy software to production environment without worrying that it will not work when the delivery takes place. I love docker and I’m very grateful with it and whenever I can share my knowledge about docker with the young people of the communities of my country I do it and I am proud that there are already startups that have reach a Silicon Valley level.”

We love docker here at @Harvard for our #MolecularSpaceShuttle screening platform. https://t.co/zpp8Wpqvk5

— Alan Aspuru-Guzik (@A_Aspuru_Guzik) January 12, 2017

Docker Birthday Labs 

At the local birthday #4 meetups, there will be Docker labs and challenges to help attendees at all levels #learndocker and welcome new members into the community. We’re partnering with CS schools, non-profit organizations, and local meetup groups to throw a series of events around the world. While the courses and labs are geared towards newcomers and intermediate level users, advanced and expert community members are invited to join as mentors to help attendees work through the materials.

Find a Birthday meetup near you!

There are already 154 Docker Birthday #4 celebrations scheduled around the world with more on the way! Check back as more events are announced.

Tuesday, March 7th

• Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

Thursday, March 9th

• Fulda, Germany
• Orlando, FL

Saturday, March 11th

• Chennai, India

Sunday, March 12th

• Hangzhou, China
• Mumbai, India

Monday, March 13th

• Atlanta, GA
• Brasilia, Brazil
• Chicago, IL
• Dallas, TX
• Grenoble, France
• Heidelberg, Germany
• Liège, Belgium
• Luxembourg, Luxembourg
• Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Tuesday, March 14th

• Aarhus, Denmark
• Austin, TX
• Beijing, China
• Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• Denver, CO
• Galway, Ireland
• Goiania, Brazil
• Hyderabad, India
• Indianapolis, IN
• Las Vegas, NV
• Lima, Peru
• Malmö, Sweden
• Mexico City, Mexico
• Orange County, CA
• Reston, VA
• Saint Louis, MO
• Sevilla, Spain
• Tours, France

Wednesday, March 15th

• Berlin, Germany
• Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
• Blacksburg, VA
• Boston, MA
• Casablanca, Morocco
• Charlotte, NC
• Columbus, OH
• Guadalajara, Mexico
• Guatemala City, Guatemala
• Hamburg, Germany
• Istanbul, Turkey
• Lyon, France
• Marseille, France
• Miami, FL
• Milwaukee, WI
• Murcia, Spain
• Nairobi, Kenya
• Nantes, France
• New York City, NY
• Palo Alto, CA
• Philadelphia, PA
• Phoenix, AZ
• Portland, OR
• Prague, Czech Republic
• San Francisco, CA
• Santa Barbara, CA
• Singapore, Singapore
• Vancouver, BC

Thursday, March 16th

• Athens, Greece
• Baltimore, MD
• Bangkok, Thailand
• Bordeaux, France
• Brasov, Romania
• Bratislava, Slovakia
• Brussels, Belgium
• Dortmund, Germany
• Dresden, Germany
• Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• Iráklion, Greece
• Los Angeles, CA
• Madrid, Spain
• Manila, Philippines
• Montreal, Canada
• Munich, Germany
• Nice, France
• Quebec, Canada
• Rennes, France
• Richmond, VA
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Santa Clara, CA
• Stuttgart, Germany
• Tokyo, Japan
• Washington, DC

Friday, March 17th

• Budapest, Hungary
• Cochabamba, Brazil
• Lahore, Pakistan
• Paris, France
• Santiago, Chile
• Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
• Sylhet, Bangladesh
• Tandil, Argentina
• Timisoara, Romania
• Vilnius, Lithuania

Saturday, March 18th

• Aurangabad, India
• Campinas, Brazil
• Culiacan, Mexico
• Delhi, India
• Ha Noi, Vietnam
• Hermosillo, Mexico
• Jember, Indonesia
• Kanpur, India
• Kathmandu, Nepal
• Kisumu, Kenya
• Novosibirsk, Russia
• Porto, Portugal
• Pune, India
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Shanghai, China
• Thanh Pho Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Sunday, March 19th

• Chengdu, China
• Shenzhen, China
• Taipei, Taiwan

Monday, March 20th

• Bloomington, IN
• London, United Kingdom
• Milan, Italy

Tuesday, March 21st

• Auckland, New Zealand
• Melbourne, Australia
• Tel Aviv, Israel
• Zurich, Switzerland

Wednesday, March 22nd

• Alexandria, VA
• Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
• Des Moines, IA
• Madrid, Spain
• Mannheim, Germany
• Panama, Panama
• Porto Alegre, Brazil

Thursday, March 23rd

• Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Barcelona, Spain
• Dublin, Ireland
• Lille, France
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Seattle, WA
• Wellington, New Zealand

Friday, March 24th

• Toronto, Canada

Saturday, March 25th

• Bangalore, India
• Bucharest, Romania
• Madurai, India

Monday, March 27th

• Jakarta, Indonesia
• Madrid, Spain
• Norfolk, VA
• Oslo, Norway
• Vienna, Austria

Tuesday, March 28th

• Belgrade, Serbia

Wednesday, March 29th

• Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Colorado Springs, CO
• Lubbock, TX
• Ottawa, Canada
• Sydney, Australia

Thursday, March 30th

• Raleigh, NC

Friday, March 31st

• Sancti Spiritus, Cuba

Saturday, April 1st

• Cairo, Egypt

Want to help us organize a Docker Birthday celebration in your city? Email us at meetups@docker.com for more information!

Are you an advanced Docker user? Join us as a mentor!

We are recruiting a network of mentors to attend the local events and help guide attendees through the Docker Birthday labs. Mentors should have experience working with Docker Engine, Docker Networking, Docker Hub, Docker Machine, Docker Orchestration and Docker Compose. Click here to sign up as a mentor.