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Docker Machine is a tool for provisioning and managing your Dockerized hosts (hosts with Docker Engine on them).

Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications.

Docker Networking

Docker Volume is the perfered way to persist data.

Dockerfile is a text file that contains instructions on how to build a custom image.

An Docker image is basically a big tarball containing a filesystem.

Learn how to work with Docker Container

Most common Docker commands.

Docker is a platform that manages application using containers. Docker packages application and its dependencies as a container. It also provide an intuitive interface for users to interact with Containers. Docker is widely used as a tool for application deployment.

curl - transfer data to and from the web. With curl you can easily interact with REST API.

wget - download files from the web. It supports HTTP , HTTPS , and FTP protocols, as well as retrieval through HTTP proxies. It is non-interactive.

compare the contents from two files

poweroff, halt and reboot are commands to stop system hardward.

date - display or set system time.

alias - Creates aliases. Alias are simple names for commands.