Chapter 1: Introduction to Container Technology
Container technology has old roots in operating system history. For example, do you know that part of container technology was born back in the 1970s? Despite their simple and intuitive approach, there are many concepts behind containers that deserve a deeper analysis to fully grasp and appreciate how they made their way in the IT industry.
We're going to explore this technology to better understand how it works under the hood, the theory behind it, and its basic concepts. Knowing the mechanics and the technology behind the tools will let you easily approach and learn the whole technology's key concepts.
Then, we will also explore container technology's purpose and why it has spread to every company today. Do you know that 50% of the world's organizations are running half of their application base as containers in production nowadays?
Let's dive into this great technology!
In this chapter, we're going to ask the following questions:
- What are containers?
- Why do I need a container?
- Where do containers come from?
- Where are containers used today?
