What is Docker?

[paullopez]

What is Docker and why is it so popular?

 

[bigredseo]

Gotta give me more information than that.

What is docker related to? Do you have a link? Have you googled your answer?

 

[easyhostmedia]

What is Docker and why is it so popular?

If you look for a website called Google.com and put in 'What is Docker' you will get the answer at the very top of the page.

no need for others to do the searching for you

 

[faizan1997]

What is Docker and why is it so popular?

Docker is basically a container engine which uses the Linux Kernel features like namespaces and control groups to create containers on top of an operating system and automates application deployment on the container. Docker uses Copy-on-write union file system for its backend storage.

 

[linuxse]

Docker is a set of platform as a service products that uses OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. Containers are isolated from one another and bundle their own software, libraries and configuration files; they can communicate with each other through well-defined channels.

From Wikipedia