Introduction to Containers and Docker
Explore the basics of containers and Docker, understanding how they offer lightweight OS-level virtualization for packaging Go command-line programs. Learn about Docker's namespaces and how to build statically linked Go executables suitable for containerization, preparing you to package Go applications efficiently in the next lesson.
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Overview
Containers have conquered the DevOps arena. Most modern large-scale systems, especially in the cloud, are deployed using containers. However, containers are very helpful for command-line programs too. The basic idea is that you can package your application with all its dependencies including the OS, in a container and then run it anywhere without worrying about the environment. For a program like multi-git we had to go through a lot of trouble to create cross-platform binaries and make it self-updateable. However, there is another way to accomplish the same end result that may be more attractive to you. Let’s get started…
Quick introduction to containers and Docker
Docker is a company that popularized containers when it introduced the Docker runtime and CLI in ...