Docker Software Container

A Docker Software Container is a running software container based on a Docker image.

• Comtext:
  • It can (typically) have a Docker Read/Writeable Layer (as a top Docker layer).
  • It can be used to create a Docker Image (though a commit operation).
  • It can (often) be a sibling to many other containers based on the same image.
  • It can be used as an Isolated Application Environment and a Secure Application Environment.
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• Example(s):
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a VM Instance.
  • a running AWS Lambda instance
  • a running Amazon AWS ECS container instance.
• See: Short-Lived Job, Docker, Micro-Service.

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References

2016

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=comnkawe.docker.tutoria
  • QUOTE: Docker Container - Holds everything that is needed for an application to run. Each container is created from a Docker image. Each contains is an isolated and secure application platform.

2015

• http://www.docker.com/whatisdocker
  • QUOTE: Docker containers wrap up a piece of software in a complete filesystem that contains everything it needs to run: code, runtime, system tools, system libraries – anything you can install on a server. This guarantees that it will always run the same, regardless of the environment it is running in.

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