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How is Docker different from a virtual machine?

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Hi

I keep rereading the Docker documentation to try to understand the difference between Docker and a full VM. How does it manage to provide a full filesystem, isolated networking environment, etc. without being as heavy?

Why is deploying software to a Docker image (if that’s the right term) easier than simply deploying to a consistent production environment?

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Well done.

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I’m reading https://geekflare.com/docker-vs-virtual-machine/

For us we use Virtual Box so we could fire up a development system under Linux and Windows complete with the files held in the VM.

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hay! for this confusion you can also contact to help desk for further assistance

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VMs have the host OS and guest OS inside each VM. A guest OS can be any OS, like Linux or Windows, irrespective of the host OS. In contrast, Docker containers host on a single physical server with a host OS, which shares among them. Sharing the host OS between containers makes them light and increases the boot time

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