Containers

"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."
- Bill Gates

We have seen DevOps practices and continuous integration until now. However, recently, containers have become a buzz word and everyone wants to have a hands-on experience with it. The main reason is to utilize the resources effectively and efficiently. Docker is an open source initiative for OS virtualization that automates the deployment of applications inside software containers. It is extremely useful to utilize containers for Dev or QA environments for better resource utilization.

In this chapter, we will try to install and...