If you’re curious about Docker but haven’t used it, you’re at the right place. While Docker is technical at its core, our goal is to make our tools approachable for all users regardless of their familiarity with containers. This blog introduces Docker technology,...
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Last Call: Register for our next Community All Hands on March 31st
This Thursday is our next Community All Hands event, on March 31st at 8am PST/5pm CET. We will be celebrating Docker's 9th Birthday. This has been an extraordinary year, so we’re excited to celebrate with you and reflect on the highlights of these past years. Grab...
Tracking Global Vaccination Rates with Docker, Python, and IoT
I'm a major fan of the ESP32-S2 platform of low-power, low-cost, Wi-Fi capable microcontrollers. Adafruit specifically sells a variant that features a 2.9' E-ink display and Python support, called the MagTag. I'm not ashamed to admit I have *far* too many of these...
Docker Captain Take 5 – Sebastián Ramírez
Docker Captains are select members of the community that are both experts in their field and are passionate about sharing their Docker knowledge with others. “Docker Captains Take 5” is a regular blog series where we get a closer look at our Captains and ask them the...
Image rebase and improved remote cache support in new BuildKit
We've just shipped new versions of the BuildKit builder engine, Dockerfile 1.4 frontend, and Docker Buildx CLI. Each of these comes with many new features. In this blog post, I'll show one of them, a new copy mode in Dockerfiles, and explain why you should start to...
Speed boost achievement unlocked on Docker Desktop 4.6 for Mac
Introducing virtiofs The 4.6 release of Docker Desktop for Mac contains a number of changes that drastically improve file sharing performance for macOS users. Firstly, developers now have the option of using a new experimental file sharing implementation called...
Vulnerability Alert: Avoiding “Dirty Pipe” CVE-2022-0847 on Docker Engine and Docker Desktop
You might have heard about a new Linux vulnerability that was released last week, CVE-2022-0847, aka “Dirty Pipe”. This vulnerability overwrites supposedly read-only files in the Linux kernel host, which could enable attackers to modify files inside the host images...
Docker: Nine Years YOUNG
Nine years ago today, March 15, 2013, Solomon Hykes, the founder of Docker, first demoed Docker publicly to the world at PyCon. On stage Solomon noted that, for developers, “shipping to the server is hard,” and thus he and the early team designed Docker to help...
Docker Business now available for purchase on the Amazon Web Services Marketplace
Today, Docker and Amazon are happy to announce the availability of Docker Business on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace. This is a huge step in providing more choice and flexibility to Docker and AWS customers, so you can procure the Docker Application...