Setting up Docker on CentOS 7

Sharing the same technology as OpenVZ on using the container technology, Docker is another alternative for container-based software virtualization. Docker is famous due to its capacity to automatically deploy applications. Those templates or containers are divided between community containers presented as templates provided by the Docker community, or private containers provided by individual users. Some of the user-personalized containers can be publicly available, others can be stored in a private folder that can be accessed by their creator or some one he wants to share with. Docker containers are portable, lightweight, and encapsulated application modules.

According to the industry analyst firm, 451 Research:

"Docker is a tool that can package an application and its dependencies in a virtual container that can run on any Linux server. This helps enable flexibility and portability on where the application can run, whether on premises, public cloud, private...