A Docker container includes an application and all of its dependencies. It shares the kernel with other containers and runs as an isolated process in the user space on the host operating system. To run the actual application, we have to create and run the containers from an image, which we will be covering in this recipe.
Running your first Go Docker container
How to do it...
Execute the docker run command to create and run a Docker container from the golang-image, assigning the container name as golang-container using the -name flag, as follows:
$ docker run -d -p 8080:8080 --name golang-container -it golang-image
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The -d flag specified in the docker run command...
