If you have a need to quickly deploy a MySQL server, Jack Wallen shows you how, with the help of Docker. Many web applications and services depend upon databases. Chances are, your business depends on ...

Containers can be considered the third wave in service provision after physical boxes (the first wave) and virtual machines (the second wave). Instead of working with complete servers (hardware or ...

If you have your ear even slightly to the ground of the software community, you’ll have heard of Docker. Having recently enjoyed a tremendous rise in popularity, it continues to attract users at a ...

Docker started out in 2012 as an open source project, originally named dotcloud, to build single-application Linux containers. Since then, Docker has become an immensely popular development tool, ...

Docker is holding its developer conference in San Francisco today, so it’s no surprise that the company is rolling out quite a few updates to its software container solution. Maybe the biggest ...

Docker Desktop offers the convenience of a single GUI-driven app for experimenting, testing, and deploying containers. It’s a no-nonsense tool for quickly spinning up containers on Windows and macOS.

Linux, of course, has long had hypervisors such as its built-in KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) and Xen but containers take a different approach to virtualization. In traditional hypervisors, the entire ...