Checklist

• VirtualBox + docker.vdi

or

• Docker for Windows
  (your own responsibility)

A brief explanation of containers

IMAGE

• lightweight
• stand-alone
• executable package

CONTAINER

• runtime instance of an image
• completely isolated
• run natively on the host’s kernel

Source: ZDNet: What is Docker and why is it so darn popular?

It's not a VM

What's the big deal?

Nothing new really...

• chroot - 1979
• LXC - 2008
  (kernel 2.6.24)

Tooling!