Docker Demystified: A Beginner's Guide

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E2EOPS PRESS LIMITED

You’ve heard about this thing called Docker. You see a friendly and innocuous whale as the Docker mascot. Everyone around you is abuzz with interest about Docker containers and how it’s the best thing since sliced bread (plain or toasted). You’ve tried to look into this container technology thingy; out jump spectres called cgroups, namespaces, kernels, and virtual machines. Morale breaks and you run for the hills, screaming.

Fear not! It’s time to rally. Using Docker is actually not that hard. I’ve taught a diverse array of people (hobby hackers, biochemists, professional software engineers, to name a few) just enough Docker to be dangerous. It’s your turn.