Depends on the application. I tend to have a single binary, you just need a language runtime and/or database, rarely some other software. You can script install

Depends on the application. I tend to have a single binary, you just need a language runtime and/or database, rarely some other software. You can script installation of this. I don't see how the containers add a value when you can do the same directly. The last time I've tried Docker to run some application it tried to overtake my testing VM and it failed miserably. Apparently it is not compatible with chroot and it doesn't check for it so it fails somewhere in the middle with various processes and stuff left behind. Doesn't give me a good impression of such software, it lacks both an awareness of a standard feature and an inability to handle failed states gracefully.