# Containerization

**URL:** <https://the.fmsoup.org/t/containerization/885>\
**Category:** Wiki\
**Created:** [April 25, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/containerization/885 "2020-04-25T20:36:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cecile](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/the.fmsoup.org/cecile/32/98_2.png) [@Cecile](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/Cecile)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:36pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/containerization/885/1 "2020-04-25T20:36:05Z")

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@WimDecorte @anon45965781  
If you have the time...

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**Author:** ![WimDecorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@WimDecorte](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/WimDecorte)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 10:01pm UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/containerization/885/2 "2020-04-25T22:01:55Z")

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It's a virtualization technique that allows an application / system to run without actually having to virtualize a whole OS and the application then installed on that OS. So it is a lot more lightweight and thus easier to deploy and maintain.

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**Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 10:04am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/containerization/885/3 "2020-04-26T10:04:26Z")

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Just check out the docker site. 🙂

> **[What is a Container? | Docker](https://www.docker.com/resources/what-container)**
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> A container is a standard unit of software that packages up code and all its dependencies so the application runs quickly and reliably from one computing environment to another. Learn more.

To really understand it, you'd need to experiment and create a docker container and run it. It's really not difficult.

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**Author:** ![WimDecorte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@WimDecorte](https://the.fmsoup.org/u/WimDecorte)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2020, 10:58am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/containerization/885/4 "2020-04-26T10:58:39Z")

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and

> **[Kubernetes on AWS | AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/kubernetes/)**
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> Kubernetes is open source software that allows you to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale. Kubernetes manages clusters of Amazon EC2 compute instances and runs containers on those instances with processes for deployment,...

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**Post date:** [April 27, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://the.fmsoup.org/t/containerization/885/5 "2020-04-27T11:10:42Z")

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Lots of tutorials, here: [Docker Java Example - javatpoint](https://www.javatpoint.com/docker-java-example)

(learn by doing.)