What is Docker? Docker is an open source containerization platform. Docker enables developers to package applications into containers—standardized executable components that combine application source code with all the operating system (OS) libraries and dependencies required to run the code in any environment . While developers can create containers without Docker, Docker makes it easier, simpler, and safer to build, deploy, and manage containers. It’s essentially a toolkit that enables developers to build, deploy, run, update, and stop containers using simple commands and work-saving automation. What are Containers? The main goal of software development is to keep applications isolated from one another on the same host or cluster. This is difficult to achieve, thanks to the libraries, packages, and other software components needed for them to run. One solution to this problem is containers , which keep the application execution environments isolated from one another but sha...