Containers Flashcards
1
Q
What is containerization?
A
The assembly of a portable, standalone environment for our application instance
2
Q
Why use containers?
A
- Ensure we have the dependencies we need
- Easy deployment on many different platforms & systems
3
Q
What is the difference between VMs and Containers?
A
VM: Run an entire guest OS, sandboxed from the underlying host OS
Container: Shares the underlying host OS
