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CentOS 8 Essentials
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CentOS 8 Essentials

by Neil Smyth
May 2020
Beginner
261 pages
6h 32m
English
Packt Publishing
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25. An Introduction to Linux Containers

The preceding chapters covered the concept of virtualization with a particular emphasis on creating and managing virtual machines using KVM. This chapter will introduce a related technology in the form of Linux Containers. While there are some similarities between virtual machines and containers, there are also some key differences that will be outlined in this chapter along with an introduction to the concepts and advantages of Linux Containers. The chapter will also provide an overview of some of the CentOS 8 container management tools. Once the basics of containers have been covered in this chapter, the next chapter will work through some practical examples of creating and running containers on CentOS ...

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