Understanding containerization

It's almost 6 o'clock and it's getting close to dinner time. You are getting hungry. And you feel like cooking some juicy steaks. Time to fire up the grill. But think about everything that's going to be required:

• Steaks
• Grill
• Matches
• Charcoal or gas
• Condiments
• Tongs

So, it's more than just steaks.

Some companies specialize in bundling all the necessary elements to facilitate this process and you can just buy everything in a package. A similar analogy would be if you went to a restaurant. The cook handles all of the elements listed here for you and all you have to do is eat.

It's the same with software. Installing something like a website is much more than just installing your code. It might require the following:

• An operating system
• A database
• A web server
• An app server
• Configuration files
• Seeding data for the database
• Underlying hardware

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