Why is Docker So Popular?

Top 10 Docker Features

There are various features offered by Docker, let’s discuss them one by one:

• Easily Scalable
• Easy and Faster Configuration
• Ability to Reduce the Size
• Increase productivity
• Reduced Infrastructure and Maintenance Costs
• Application Isolation
• Swarm
• Routing Mesh
• Services
• Security Management

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i. Easily Scalable

Due to lightweight containers of Docker, they are very easily scalable.

ii. Easy and Faster Configuration

The best feature of docker is we can configure the system easily and also faster. In other words, it is possible to deploy our code in less time and effort with the help of Docker. The requirements of the infrastructure are no longer linked with the environment of the application as Docker can be used in a wide variety of environments.

iii. Ability to Reduce the Size

By providing a smaller footprint of the operating system via containers, Docker has the ability to reduce the size of the development.

iv. Increase Productivity

Using Docker equals to increase in productivity. Simply put, its increase productivity, by easing technical configuration and rapid deployment of the application. Moreover, it helps to execute the application inane isolated environment and also reduces the resources.

v. Reduced Infrastructure and Maintenance Costs

While accelerating our time to market for new solutions, Docker delivers immediate value to our business by reducing the infrastructure and maintenance costs of supporting our existing application portfolio.

vi. Application Isolation

Docker offers containers which are further used to run applications in the isolation environment. The best thing about this Docker feature is here each container is independent to another and further, it permits us to execute any kind of application required.

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vii. Swarm

Basically, Swarm is a scheduling and clustering tool for Docker containers. It uses the Docker API as its front end, that allows us to use various tools in order to control it. In addition, it helps us to control a cluster of Docker hosts as a single virtual host. It’s a self-organizing group of engines that are used to enable pluggable backends.

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Also see-

• Docker – Architecture
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