Container Basics

To run and build containers, you will need Docker Desktop installed on your local machine. Instructions and installation files can be found here: https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/.

Terminology

Image: The layers of libraries, code, and configuration that make up the environment that you need to run your application.

Container: A running instance of an image. You can have many containers of a single image run simultaneously.

DockerHub: An online registry for Docker images (similar to GitHub)

Commonly Used Docker Commands

• docker pull: Fetches an image from a container registry to your local machine

• docker images: List all locally available images (kind of like ls)

• docker run: Run a container based on a particular image