Chapter 1: Introduction to Docker
Docker is a technology that allows entire applications and their environments to be encapsulated within individual containers. When multiple versions of these containers are run on a single machine, they are sandboxed from one another as if running on their own dedicated machines.
Docker is open source, which fits well with running Linux in containers, as well as numerous available open source components that help build complex systems. It is the logical progression of technologies used for hosting and backend development over the past decade or longer. This progression has moved from a physical kind of hosting to a logical one and has been driven by several requirements. These requirements include reliability, ...
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