My Docker host is actually an Ubuntu virtual machine on my server. Within that Docker instance, I currently have 31 containers configured, with 29 of them actively running 24/7.

In the previous section you saw a sample architecture for a two-node Docker Swarm cluster. ... then you should have the default Docker virtual machine running with an IP address of 192.168.99.100.

The difference between Docker and a Virtual Machine. Virtual machines were the cock of the walk fifteen years ago, but they have fallen out of favor in recent year in preference to Docker containers.

Though Docker can be run in any virtual Linux environment, Google is among the first major vendors to discuss plans to offer Docker-based VMs as a cloud service.

XenApp can support hundreds of users running off the same server, whereas a similar solution utilizing virtual machines can only support dozens. Docker. Docker is a slightly different animal than ...

This is where Docker comes in and provides developers a way to test, code, and ship apps in an environment that closely mimics how a virtual machine works, but without enforcing the installation ...

Microsoft: Nearly one in three Azure virtual machines now are running Linux Written by Mary Jo Foley, Senior Contributing Editor June 21, 2016 at 10:32 a.m. PT Microsoft's self-professed Linux ...

Google is throwing its weight behind containers, an increasingly popular virtualization technology that can ease the process of spinning up applications in the cloud.