Engine Yard Blog Best Docker Container Tools and Resources

Docker is one of the fastest-growing technologies in 2020, and with good reason. Docker is a piece of software for performing virtualization. Essentially, Docker mimics the environment that an operating system provides. However, it uses containers to make sure these resources stand alone and are isolated from the settings, dependencies, and environment of the host machine. Containerization allows a developer to package up an application with all of the parts it needs, such as libraries and dependencies, and deploy it as one package. This package is then stored as a docker image. You can create Docker images using the following steps: