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# Get started with docker

In order to get started with docker images, containers and their configuration, it's of great importance to understand some terminilogy. Most of the next glossary is based on Linux lingo.

## Glossary
- Image - a stored, slightly compressed version of an isolated, persisted OS on disk
- Image (docker) - an image layered per command run previously to create the image
- Docker Hub - public repository for images (see here: https://hub.docker.com/)
- Container - an image spun up to run it's command/entrypoint
- Service - a container to run as configured and intended with docker-compose
- Docker compose - a .yaml structure for running docker containers, or services
- Networks - isolated networks created within the docker bridge network
- Mounts - folders and symlinks shared with the docker eng
- Volumes - special/easier to work with mounts

To be continued

### Related
- Docker swarm - a newer more flexible way of running docker-compose
- Kubernetes (k8s) - a much more powerful containerization solution using `helm`