Docker for Beginners: A Simple Introduction
An Intro to Docker
Docker is a great way to run your self hosted applications and services on many different operating systems and types of hardware.
It's one of the easiest ways to get into self-hosting your own applications and a great way to learn without breaking things in the rest of your system.
In this series we're going to run through:
- What Docker is and how it works?
- How to get Docker installed on a Raspberry Pi or Windows Machine?
- How to run your first Docker container?
What is Docker?
Docker uses the Docker Engine to create containers that hold everything needed to run a particular piece of code or a executable program on almost any computer.
These containers are run independently from the rest of the machine similar to a virtual machine but with a lot less power needed.
The containers are isolated from the rest of the...
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