© Navin Sabharwal, Piyush Pandey 2020
N. Sabharwal, P. PandeyMonitoring Microservices and Containerized Applicationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6216-0_1

1. Container Overview

Navin Sabharwal1  and Piyush Pandey2
(1)
New Delhi, Delhi, India
(2)
New Delhi, India
 
This first chapter will introduce readers to the world of containers, microservice applications, and their associated monitoring and management tools ecosystem. We will also look into how containers and the ecosystem around them are assembled. The chapter will cover the following topics:

  • Introducing Containers

  • Evolution of Container Technology

  • Docker and Kubernetes Architecture

  • Container Monitoring Ecosystem Overview

Introducing Containers

Over the past few years, worldwide digital transformation ...

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