Using containers is nothing like using a fully virtualized kernel. It's using cgroups, kernel namespaces, and selinux to isolate applications within Linux and make them easier to deliver.
So you can't run a windows app natively in docker. You'd have to run Wine in docker and execute your application that way. It's not a replacement for virtualizaton. On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Yasha Karant <[email protected]> wrote: > On a different (albeit related) thread, the recommendation was made to use > Docker to "port" alien applications and environments (presumably with the > ISA and basic machine components used by SL7) to SL 7. Looking at the > Docker documentation and license (license reproduced below), this seems > feasible -- rather than using any VM for the purpose of running such an > application. > > How many have tried Docker? Does it work well? For example, will a > legally licensed MS Win application that does not run under Wine/CrossOver > work under Docker under SL 7 the same as it would under VirtualBox with a > full install of say MS Win 8.1 (soon MS Win 10)? Can one make a Docker > application package on the target host (e.g., SL 7) or does one need first > a full install of the (virtual) base (e.g., DLLs and OS environment > structures of the original host of the application, e.g., MS Win) under > which to "dockerize" (e.g., run MS Win under VirtualBox under SL7, > dockerize a MS Win application, and then run the dockerized application > under SL7 without VirtualBox or any regular VM)? > > from -- https://www.docker.com/company/aboutus/ > > Business Model > > Docker, Inc. offers Docker-related products and services and is creating a > network of certified professional support, training, and services > providers. We are committed to keeping Docker open source under the Apache > 2.0 license. > > Yasha Karant > > End quote. > -- Thanks, Jamie Duncan @jamieeduncan
