Basic Terminology

Question 1

Menut for Adding DockerSupport from Visual Studio

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Question 2

What is Docker?

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Docker is a set of platform as a service products that uses OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.

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What is a docker container image?

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An image, or more correct, a Docker container image is a lightweight, standalone, executable package of software that includes everything needed to run an application: code, runtime, system tools, system libraries and settings.

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What is a docker container?

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A container image becomes a container at runtime when they run on Docker Engine

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What is a Docker Engine?

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Docker Engine is a container runtime that runs on various Linux (CentOS, Debian, Fedora, Oracle Linux, RHEL, SUSE, and Ubuntu) and Windows Server operating systems…

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What is Docker Hub?

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Docker Hub is a service provided by Docker for finding and sharing container images with your team.

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What is a Dockerfile?

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A Dockerfile is a text document that contains all the commands a user could call on the command line to assemble an image.