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title: Container
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id: container
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date: 2018-04-12
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full_link: /docs/concepts/overview/what-is-kubernetes/#why-containers
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short_description: >
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A lightweight and portable executable image that contains software and all of its dependencies.
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aka:
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tags:
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- fundamental
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- workload
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---
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A lightweight and portable executable image that contains software and all of its dependencies.
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Containers decouple applications from underlying host infrastructure to make deployment easier in different cloud or OS environments, and for easier scaling.
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