Introduction to Docker

dotCloud founder and CTO Solomon Hykes recently stopped by Twitter HQ to show us Docker, an open source project designed to easily create lightweight, portable, self-sufficient containers from any application.

Common use cases for Docker include:

* Automating the packaging and deployment of applications
* Creation of lightweight, private PAAS environments
* Automated testing and continuous integration/deployment
* Deploying and scaling web apps, databases and backend services

[Sagariffy]

Amazing talk. He's humble enough to admit that they did not "invent" the concept of containerization and it was because of improvements in linux kernel that docker could become mainstream. I already love this guy.

[DioArsya]

7 years has passed and this is still a great and inspiring speech, also the technology itself

[buymycorp]

Solomon Hykes is scary smart.  This is an authoritative Docker introduction.  Thank you.

[Olusola]

@21:00 Solomon mentions the purpose of docker, and what distinguishes it from other container solutions: "A lot of [container] tools, use containers as miniature servers... just like a VM but way faster.... We [Docker] uses containers as a unit of software delivery."

[alihammadshah]

I was looking for this, watch it first when docker launched. Docker had never been a job requirement but it is now, the first resource I could remember to learn from was this.

[Aaaarr]

Oh finally someone came with a simple explanation, thanks a million

[TaiSHinet]

Been postponing learning docker for couple years now, this pretty much made the sale, really nice introduction

[epretorious]

An interesting paradigm @ 8:15:
...Separation of concerns brought efficiency, automation and that changed the world economy because it's so much cheaper and more reliable to ship things.

[jaycg]

When he said he's talking to a technical audience, I was worried I wouldn't understand, but this is by far the simplest explanation of containerisation I've seen, and NOW i understand it! If you want to understand something listen to the person who made it explaining it.

[kennethmarete]

great video. I thought I never needed this since I have virtual boxes set on my local machine and I could manage dependencies without touching on containers. I saw them often and tried to avoid until I realised am missing the point. Docker is a great container platform and every developer needs it. Solomon thanks for that video.

[ChadCaldwell]

I'm just verifying this is still relevant and should be used for an "intro". In 3 years alot can change. I don't question it's value, just it's relative accuracy.

[nathreed]

Music at the beginning is "Only Human" by Olive Musique. Same as the official minecraft trailer.

[alephnot]

Absolutely brilliant, changes the way software is developed

[shadoninja]

This guy is a great presenter. I am super excited to try out Docker. I feel like English isn't his first language. He sounds like an American, but every few minutes, he will say some word with a crazy accent.

[rtcanada]

dotCloud founder and CTO Solomon Hykes recently stopped by Twitter HQ to show us Docker, an open source project designed to easily create lightweight, portable, self-sufficient containers from any application.

Common use cases for Docker include:

* Automating the packaging and deployment of applications
* Creation of lightweight, private PAAS environments
* Automated testing and continuous integration/deployment
* Deploying and scaling web apps, databases and backend services

[angshumannandi]

Thank you Soloman for the great introdustion.

[darrin.jahnel]

This dude is a genius. Great talk. Sick idea!

[pajarritox]

Excelent Solomon!!! Thank you from Argentina. Excelent.

[jaymandell]

Even after 6yrs I learned alot. This was great!

[SuperNoonooz]

Very down to earth explanation! Great video.