Glossary

what is a container? a container is a form of virtualization that contains a small piece of software that consists of all the packages and dependencies to run a particular application this is called a container there was a time that you had to build a whole vm with all unnecessary software and dependencies to run an application it took ages to build such a vm containers basically take all the necessary stuff and put it into a stand alone image that can be run on a container platform like docker engine what is docker? docker is a platform as a service (paas) that basically wraps all the elements that are needed for an application and then puts it inside the image the docker engine then spins up the image into a container it’s one of the most popular platforms for creation, development, management and running a container