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Containers

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Containers serve as the base common denominator for the cloud native computing. They offer a universal platform to package software programs so they can be easily moved around to different systems, even those with different architectures.

Like any modern technology, containers have actually been around for decades. FreeBSD offered “jails” in the early 2000s, and Solaris containers were a key part of offering secure, flexible platforms for applications running on Sun Micrososystems’ own Unix platform. In 2008, the idea of container became a core part of the Linux kernel with the introduction of LXC (LinuX Containers), implemented with cgroups and Linux namespaces.

While LxC was used by Google to manage its own infrastructure, it wasn’t until the advent of Docker, nuanced in 2013, did developers embrace the abstraction, because it gave them an easy way to move software from development to production without any manual restaging. Mass-use of containers spurned development of container orchestraters such as Kubernetes and Docker Swarm.

Although Docker open sourced its container technology, additional effort has gone on to move the technology to independent open source governance, by way of projects such as runC, Containerd and the Moby Project. Additionally, more work has been undertaken to build containers that are both more secure and performant, such as Kata Containers.


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Containers

Docker Basics: How to Use Dockerfiles

19 Jun 2019 12:00pm, by Jack Wallen

Containers / Kubernetes

IT Ops Assumes a Greater Role in Container Management

18 Jun 2019 1:24pm, by Lawrence E Hecht

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Docker, the Cloud Native Computer Foundation Get Serious about Security

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Container Security, Unverified Images and Docker Vulnerabilities

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Implementing Effective Container Security Strategies

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The New Open Source Security Stack

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Containers

Container Basics: How to Commit Changes to a Docker Image

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Why Cloud Native Storage Requires Tightly-Coupled Containers and Microservices

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As Enterprises Experiment with Containers, Secure Access Remains a Challenge

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Kata Containers and Zuul Now Top-Level Open Infrastructure Projects

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