what is docker?

[Hari]

what is docker is it a kind of bucket in an ocean (server)?
it is live vm-ware … emulator?

is using a docker a good habbit? as we see discourse runs on a docker what the complications of using docker are?

[phenomlab]

@Hari sort of, but not in the sense of a full blown system

In simple terms, Docker is a software platform that simplifies the process of building, running, managing and distributing applications. It does this by virtualizing the operating system of the computer on which it is installed and running.

[Hari]

@Hari said in what is docker?:

it is live vm-ware … emulator?

it is like*

[phenomlab]

@Hari sort of, but not in the sense of a full blown system

In simple terms, Docker is a software platform that simplifies the process of building, running, managing and distributing applications. It does this by virtualizing the operating system of the computer on which it is installed and running.