Chapter 6. Limiting risk with isolation
This chapter covers
- Setting resource limits
- Sharing container memory
- Users, permissions, and administrative privileges
- Granting access to specific Linux features
- Working with enhanced Linux isolation and security tools: SELinux and AppArmor
Containers provide isolated process contexts, not whole system virtualization. The semantic difference may seem subtle, but the impact is drastic. Chapter 1 touches on the differences a bit. Chapters 2 through 5 each cover a different isolation feature set of Docker containers. This chapter covers the remaining four and also includes information about enhancing security on your system.
The features covered in this chapter focus on managing or limiting the risks ...
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