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Docker Networking

At a high level, Docker Networking comprises 3 major components: CNM is a network specification that defines how containers connect and communicate across different environments. libnetwork is Docker’s implementation of the CNM. (Think of CNM as the architectural drawing, and libnetwork is the builder’s implementation of that drawing). Drivers extend the CNM by implementing network … Read more

Getting started with Docker

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Containers Before we go into the details of Docker, we first need to talk briefly about what containers are. Containers are lightweight, portable units of software that bundle an application (often a microservice) with its dependencies, and run in isolated environments on a shared OS kernel. The key benefit the containers provide is in the … Read more