Docker has become the de facto containerization platform. The main appeal of Docker over virtual machines is that it is lightweight. Whereas a virtual machine packages a complete OS in addition to the application binaries, a Docker container is a lightweight abstraction at the application layer, packaging only the code and dependencies required to run an application. Multiple Docker containers run as isolated processes on the same underlying OS kernel. Docker is supported on most commonly used OSes, including several Linux distributions, Windows, and MacOS. ...
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Deepak Vohra, Docker Management Design Patterns, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-2973-6_1
1. Getting Started with Docker
Deepak Vohra1
(1)White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
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