LXer: What is Docker and why is it so darn popular?

LXer · 08-04-2014, 12:00 PM

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Docker, a new container technology, is hotter than hot because it makes it possible to get far more apps running on the same old servers and it also makes it very easy to package and ship programs. Here's what you need to know about it.

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szboardstretcher · 08-04-2014, 12:30 PM

Container technology isn't new. Docker is just the new incarnation of an old idea that is now finally supported on Linux due to the cgroup extensions added to the kernel. Check out Solaris Containers and Zones circa 2005.

Docker is nice. But they didn't invent containers.

Here is the URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_Containers