VMs run applications inside a guest Operating System, which runs on virtual hardware powered by the server’s host OS. The industry standard today is to use Virtual Machines (VMs) to run software applications.
Unlike virtual machines, containers do not have high overhead and hence enable more efficient usage of the underlying system and resources. The key benefit of Docker is that it allows users to package an application with all of its dependencies into a standardized unit for software development. to easily deploy their applications in a sandbox (called containers) to run on the host operating system i.e. In simpler words, Docker is a tool that allows developers, sys-admins etc. Written and developed by Prakhar SrivastavĪn open-source project that automates the deployment of software applications inside containers by providing an additional layer of abstraction and automation of OS-level virtualization on Linux. Learn to build and deploy your distributed applications easily to the cloud with Docker
