Playing around with Docker containers

Before indulging with Docker, let's take a look into containers.

Containers

Containers are kernel level virtualization, unlike hypervisor virtualization, where one or more independent machines run virtually on physical hardware via an intermediation layer. Containers run the user space on top of an operating system's kernel. Some of the containerization technologies are LXC and FreeBSD Jails. Now, let’s take a look at Docker.

Docker

Docker is a containerization tool that runs on the top of libcontainer, and in the...