Containerization (computing)

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Containerization is a operating system virtualization over multiple network resources so that software applications can run in isolated user spaces called containers in any cloud or non-cloud environment, regardless of type or vendor.[1]

Usage

The containers are basically a fully functional and portable cloud or non-cloud computing environment surrounding the application and keeping it independent from other parallelly running environments.[2] Individually each container simulates a different software application and run isolated processes by bundling related configuration files, libraries and dependencies.[3] But, collectively multiple containers share a common OS Kernel.[4]

Types of containers

  • OS containers
  • Apps containers

Security issues

  • Because of common OS, security threats can affect the whole containerized system.
  • In containerized environments, security scanners generally protect the OS but not the application containers, which adds unwanted vulnerability.

Further reading

  • J. Watada, A. Roy, R. Kadikar, H. Pham and B. Xu, "Emerging Trends, Techniques and Open Issues of Containerization: A Review," in IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 152443-152472, 2019, doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2945930.

See also

References

  1. ^ "What is the open-source cloud phenomenon?". Kyocera Document Solutions. Kyocera. Retrieved 2021-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "What is containerization?". www.redhat.com. RedHat. Retrieved 2021-07-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Rubens, Paul (2017-06-27). "What are containers and why do you need them?". CIO. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
  4. ^ "Containerization". www.ibm.com. Retrieved 2021-07-10.

Category:Cloud computing