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Practical Docker with Python: Build, Release, and Distribute Your Python App with Docker
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Practical Docker with Python: Build, Release, and Distribute Your Python App with Docker

by Sathyajith Bhat
November 2021
Intermediate to advanced
250 pages
3h 40m
English
Apress
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S. BhatPractical Docker with Pythonhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7815-4_1

1. Introduction to Containerization

Sathyajith Bhat1  
(1)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
 

This chapter looks at what Docker is, as well as what containerization is and how it is different from virtualization. Other subtopics covered include history of containerization, container runtimes, and container orchestration.

What Is Docker?

In order to answer this question, we need to clarify the word “Docker,” because Docker has become synonymous with containers.

Docker Inc. is the company behind Docker. It was founded as dotCloud Inc. in 2010 by Solomon Hykes. dotCloud engineers built abstraction ...

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