I'm not sure to understand why things like Docker are so popular. What are they actual use?
@zyabin101 That was an actual question.
@Sylvhem Docker is how the Internet is moving. Mastodon is on what? docker. To spin up a web server, you what? docker; yes, I'm informed that there exist tons other solutions, and docker is just one.
@Sylvhem separating services, using a very light image with very little services.
like my gitea docker is comprising of gitea, sshd and syslogd, that's all.
@dashie Thank you! I think I can strat to see why you want to do that.
@Sylvhem before that I would have a whole system to manage, here I now only manage Dockerfiles or just run one from the project or contributors.
I don't have a whole OS to manage, this is *really* lighter, and more secure since every service is separated.
@Sylvhem Docker (and containers in general) are used because they keep their contained system (e.g. a server) entirely separate from everything else on the machine. Easy to manage, move to another machine, backup, snapshot, etc.
Also provides a layer of security because everything inside is isolated/sandboxed from everything outside (other than the network ports you choose to open).
And they are way more lightweight than virtual machines, which otherwise provide the same benefits.
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@Sylvhem First, remove the mask.
1. You understand why things like Docker are so popular.
2. They have an actual use.