Containers explained

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Containers are technologies that allow the packaging and isolation of applications with their entire runtime environment, making it easy to move the contained application between environments while retaining full functionality.

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A Linux® container is a set of one or more processes that are isolated from the rest of the system. All the files necessary to run them are provided from a distinct image, meaning Linux containers are portable and consistent as they move from development, to testing, and finally to production.

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Containerization is the packaging together of software code with all its necessary components like libraries, frameworks, and other dependencies so that they are isolated in their own "container."

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Linux containers and virtual machines (VMs) are packaged computing environments that combine various IT components and isolate them from the rest of the system. Containers typically package single functions that perform specific tasks, while VMs usually contain their own operating system, allowing them to perform multiple resource-intensive functions at once.

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Red Hat’s container solutions are based on open source, community-driven technologies like Linux, CRI-O, and Kubernetes. This means more people developing software openly, transparently, and freely.

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Now that you understand containers and containerization, you’re ready to learn more about Kubernetes, an open-source container orchestration platform.