This document discusses Docker and provides an overview presented by Frank Munz. Some key points:
- Docker is an open-source container technology that provides portable application isolation using Linux kernel features like namespaces and cgroups.
- Docker images contain layered filesystems for applications and dependencies. Containers run the images and provide isolated, lightweight runtimes.
- Docker solves issues around environment consistency by packaging applications and dependencies together. Images can be pulled from public registries or built locally.
- Security with Docker involves using trusted images, dropping privileges, and combining with tools like SELinux. Public clouds provide additional isolation over plain Docker containers.
- Oracle supports Docker for several of its products like Web