Linux, of course, has long had hypervisors such as its built-in KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) and Xen but containers take a different approach to virtualization. In traditional hypervisors, the entire ...

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Docker, which is based on LXC container technology, has exploded in popularity. While far from the first technology to place applications within smaller, lighter-weight "containers" instead of ...

Docker revolutionized how applications are deployed and is a cornerstone of modern enterprise development. This guide gets you started with Docker, from installation and setup to building a Docker ...

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This last couple of weeks has seen some tension within the Linux Container world as CoreOS launched its Rocket container and questioned Docker’s longer term motives. Adding fuel to the fire today ...

News briefs for June 19, 2019. The development team over at Docker is porting their container platform to Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 (WSL 2) It looks as if pretty soon, Docker ...

How to create a custom image from a Docker container Your email has been sent Getting your own custom image makes working with containers easier and it adds an extra layer of security. Jack Wallen ...

Jack Wallen shows you how to spin up a MongoDB container as a Docker container for your development needs. MongoDB is an outstanding NoSQL database that offers plenty of features to satisfy the most ...

In a previous article, "Provisioning Docker with Puppet", in the December 2016 issue, I covered one of the ways you can install the Docker service onto a new system with Puppet. By contrast, this ...