7: Containers

Docker implements the Open Container Initiative (OCI) specifications. This means everything you learn in this chapter applies to other container runtimes and platforms that implement the OCI specifications.

We’ll split this chapter into the usual three parts:

  • The TLDR
  • The deep dive
  • The commands

Docker containers - The TLDR

A container is the runtime instance of an image. In the same way that you can start a virtual machine (VM) from a virtual machine template, you start one or more containers from a single image. The big difference between a VM and a container is that containers are smaller, faster, and more portable.

Figure 7.1 shows a single Docker image being used to start multiple Docker containers.

Figure 7.1

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