Containers

What

• Lightweight, portable, and isolated environments for applications.

• Package applications and their dependencies for consistent deployment.

• Encapsulate software code, runtime, system tools, libraries, and settings.

Why

• Ensure applications run the same across different environments.

• Share the host OS kernel, making them more efficient than traditional virtual machines.

• Supports microservices architectures.

• Simplifies application deployment.

• Improves scalability.

• Enhances DevOps practices by streamlining the development-to-production pipeline.

• Enables more efficient resource utilization.

Popular Platforms

• Docker: Tools for creating, distributing, and running containers.