It's the daemonizing part that complicates things. Running java -jar MyApp.jar is easy, running it under the control of a system init script, dealing with how t

It's the daemonizing part that complicates things. Running java -jar MyApp.jar is easy, running it under the control of a system init script, dealing with how to ensure it's restartable as other daemons, logging, log rotation, where Java is really located on the system are all variables that affect any daemonized application; not just Java apps but ones written in any language, Ruby, Python, C or C++. Docker seems like a good way to "contain" the problem domain challenges I outlined, hoping anyway.