---
title: "Docker in 5 Minutes"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/docker-in-5-minutes-tr-uu5lws
source_url: https://aggarwal-abhishek.medium.com/docker-in-5-minutes-18c9607d42cd
type: article
source: "The Startup"
published: 2021-01-19T00:07:52.331Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["containers", "docker"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 18
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Docker in 5 Minutes

**[The Startup](https://daily.dev/sources/swlh)** · 8 min read · 18 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. It enables us to separate applications from the infrastructure so anyone can deliver software quickly. The isolation and security allow us to run many containers simultaneously on a single host. We can even get a complete shell of a container using docker shell.

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