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Docker: Lightweight Linux Containers for Consistent Development and Deployment

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Web Webster
Web Webster
May 21, 2014

Docker tries to solve the problem of “dependency hell”. Modern applications often are assembled from existing components and rely on other services and applications. For example, your Python application might use PostgreSQL as a data store, Redis for caching and Apache as a Web server. Each of these components comes with its own set of dependencies that may conflict with those of other components.

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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