The Docker documentation (and self-explanation) makes a distinction between "virtual machines" vs. "containers". They have the tendency to interpret and use things in a little bit uncommon …

Jul 28, 2016 · Docker is the command-line tool that uses containerization to manage multiple images and containers and volumes and such -- a container is basically a lightweight virtual …

In the beginning docker-toolbox was using Virtualbox to run containers on a linux VM. Later, docker-for-windows was introduced and gives the option to run containers directly on the host …

Dec 20, 2016 · Short Answer: No. You could wrap a docker container around your JVM, but you cannot wrap a JVM around a docker container, non-trivially. docker basically do what Java has …

Mar 17, 2015 · These are some differences between a docker and a VM image which I could list out: 1. Snapshot process is faster in Docker than VMs We generally start with a base image, …

Oct 22, 2020 · The answers to How is Docker different from a virtual machine? cover a lot of this ground; in the EC2 case Amazon is hosting the VM.

Mar 3, 2019 · Docker provides more isolation, but not as much as a full-on virtual machine. You could think of a container as a middle-ground between a virtualbox (heavy, expensive) and a …

Jan 23, 2018 · A virtual machine is an entire operating system (which normally is not lightweight). If you have multiple applications and those require different configurations which are in conflict …

Jan 15, 2018 · 84 If Docker community runs natively on windows, then why does it need Hyper-V? I.E., doesn't native imply that Docker-Engine can run instructions on Windows? It looks to me …

Sep 27, 2016 · Instead you can run Docker Machine on the Mac directly and use Parallels to create the Linux VM - which means Docker is running in a Linux VM on your Mac, and you …