A Gentle Introduction to Containerization and Docker

1. podman

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   Podman: A tool for managing OCI containers and pods.

   

   Even though we will focus on Docker for this article, I wanted to mention that there are more container creation and management tools such as Podman, Rkt, and so on.

2. InfluxDB

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   InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

   

3. Nest

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   A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript 🚀

   

   It’s a text document that contains all the commands a user could call to assemble an image. Let’s check an example of a Dockerfile for a nodejs app in this case it will be a NestJS app and then explain each part.

4. hub-feedback

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   Feedback and bug reports for the Docker Hub

   

   There are a lot of docker-compatible registries almost every cloud provider has its registry but for this article, we will use the docker registry called docker hub. Go to the website create a new account and sign in then you can push or pull images.

5. Docker Swarm

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   Source repo for Docker's Documentation (by docker)

   

   This article wanted to be a brief and gentle introduction to the container and docker world, there is a lot more to learn so don’t hesitate to check the docker documentation.

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