June 2015
Intermediate to advanced
227 pages
5h 58m
English
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Foreword
“Everything old is new again” is a commonly heard phrase that has described everything from fashion, to politics, to technology. It is also an apt statement when it comes to Linux containers, and I would expand upon it to say, “Everything old is new again—and nonetheless exciting.”
Containers have been available for many years in Linux distributions but they’ve seldom been used because of the complexity required to build something that worked. Thus historically, Linux container implementations have been purpose-built with a single objective in mind, which made additional requirements like scaling and portability challenging—if not impossible—to implement.
Enter Docker, which has created phenomenal momentum in unlocking the value of Linux containers by combining a standardized packaging format with ease of use, to turn processes that were once esoteric and incomprehensible into consumable capabilities for developers and operations teams. Docker, in a sense, has created a Renaissance for Linux containers, driving an ever-growing wave of interest and possibility, leading to rapid adoption of the technology. It’s helping technology teams everywhere realize the benefits of application portability, simplified integration, and streamlined development as promised by Linux containers for some time but historically trapped behind layers of complexity.
Through Docker, Linux containers have catapulted into an elite club of truly disruptive technologies with the power to transform ...
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