and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications. Consisting of Docker Engine, a portable, lightweight runtime and packaging tool, and Docker Hub, a cloud service for sharing applications and automating workflows […] Solomon Hykes, Docker’s Founder & CTO
are to processes. Or you can think of them as chroot on steroids. Will Sargent • More than a sandbox, less than a VM • Deployable and runnable artifact • Lightweight Linux environment
but conf, environment and code • Containers are lightweight, fast, isolated and reproducible environments • Docker provides a simple way to write, version, build, deploy and run environments