What’s a Container Image?

Containers and container images are hot topics, but many people may still wonder how they work, Don Schenck says. “Briefly, an image is an operating system that runs libraries and runtimes and an application, all enclosed in an Open Container Initiative (OCI) compliant file.”

In this conversational article, Schenck explains how a container image is constructed and executed.

Learn more at Red Hat Developer.

See also:
10 Factors Behind the Popularity of Microservices 
CNCF Reports on Global Adoption of Containers and Kubernetes 
Tips for Teaching Yourself Kubernetes 

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