From the course: Cloud Computing Terms Every Beginner Should Know
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Containers
From the course: Cloud Computing Terms Every Beginner Should Know
Containers
Have you ever wondered how to make applications work as intended, regardless of the environment that they run in? Containers make this possible by packaging software with all the necessary elements and dependencies, allowing it to run anywhere consistently. A container is a standard unit of software that packages the code and all its dependencies, so that the application can run quickly and reliably from one cloud computing environment to another. Unlike traditional virtual machines, they are lightweight because they share the host system's kernel. To understand this concept better, let's think of a container as a lunchbox. Each lunchbox contains a full meal with everything you need: the mains, the sides, desserts, and napkins. No matter where you take your lunchbox, you will always have food ready to go. Now you might wonder how the containers differ from virtual machines. VMs run complete operating systems, making them resource-intensive and slower to start. In contrast, containers…
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