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A lightweight, isolated process running on a shared Linux kernel using namespaces and cgroups — providing filesystem, network, and process isolation without the overhead of a full virtual machine.
A read-only, layered filesystem snapshot that serves as the template for creating containers. Each layer represents a Dockerfile instruction and is cached and reused across builds to speed up image creation.
A service that stores and distributes Docker images. The registry serves as the central repository from which developers push built images and deployment systems pull them to create containers.
The sequence of states a Docker container moves through from creation to removal — created, running, paused, stopped, and dead — each triggered by specific Docker CLI commands or container exit events.
Docker Fundamentals and Container Lifecycle covers a variety of key topic guides, including: Understanding Docker Architecture - Daemon, Client, and Container Runtime, Running and Managing Docker Containers — The Complete Lifecycle, Docker Resource Constraints — CPU, Memory, and cgroups. Master Docker containers from scratch - run, build, debug, and manage the full container lifecycle used on every production server at Swiggy, Razorpay, and CRED.
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