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Well Linux had containerization before Docker came along. The initial release of LXC was in 2008, a decent distance after Jails/Zones but still 5 years before
by raesene9 8y ago
Well Linux had containerization before Docker came along. The initial release of LXC was in 2008, a decent distance after Jails/Zones but still 5 years before Docker. OpenVZ was even earlier than that, starting in 2005
- scaryclam 8y agoEven earlier was Linux VServer, which was 2001 :) So yeah, Linux containers have been around in one form or another for over a decade before Docker helped popularise things. This makes some interesting reading: https://blog.aquasec.com/a-brief-history-of-containers-from-1970s-chroot-to-docker-2016 https://blog.aquasec.com/a-brief-history-of-containers-from-...