Docker - an open source container system

Docker is the most popular container platform in the industry currently. Throughout the rest of this course, you will be using the Docker containers, and in this concept, you will prepare by installing Docker on your own machine.

Recap

Docker is both an open sourced container system and a company. Using Docker, you can create containers with both Linux and Windows kernels, although Windows containers are only available if you are running a Windows machine.

There are installers to work with Docker on all the major operating systems: Linux, OSX, and Windows. To get started with Docker on your own machine, you can find Docker installers here . You should install Docker now so you will be ready to continue with the rest of this lesson.