From f4ab5d173ef9edf6446fa449e1841b45979e7fb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tariqali021 Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:27:49 +0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update index.md (#13741) * Update index.md * Style updates Co-authored-by: Usha Mandya <47779042+usha-mandya@users.noreply.github.com> --- get-started/index.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/get-started/index.md b/get-started/index.md index 04ab9e4466..71bd46b50f 100644 --- a/get-started/index.md +++ b/get-started/index.md @@ -134,7 +134,12 @@ Now that you've run a container, what _is_ a container? Simply put, a container a sandboxed process on your machine that is isolated from all other processes on the host machine. That isolation leverages [kernel namespaces and cgroups](https://medium.com/@saschagrunert/demystifying-containers-part-i-kernel-space-2c53d6979504), features that have been in Linux for a long time. Docker has worked to make these -capabilities approachable and easy to use. +capabilities approachable and easy to use. To summarize, a container: + +- is a runnable instance of an image. You can create, start, stop, move, or delete a container using the DockerAPI or CLI. +- can be run on local machines, virtual machines or deployed to the cloud. +- is portable (can be run on any OS) +- Containers are isolated from each other and run their own software, binaries, and configurations. > **Creating containers from scratch** >