---
title: "Get started with Docker and Docker Compose"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/get-started-with-docker-and-docker-compose-ephzpduub
source_url: https://blog.devgenius.io/get-started-with-docker-and-docker-compose-cddcb5a3f3b9?source=rss----4e2c1156667e---4
type: article
source: "Dev Genius"
author: "Marcus Cvjeticanin"
published: 2022-03-31T16:44:19.834Z
updated: 2022-04-06T16:34:20.018Z
tags: ["infrastructure", "containers", "docker", "spring", "postgresql"]
reading_time: 11
upvotes: 38
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Get started with Docker and Docker Compose

**[Dev Genius](https://daily.dev/sources/devgenius)** · [@mjovanc](https://daily.dev/mjovanc) · 11 min read · 38 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. The service has both free and premium tiers. The software that hosts the containers is called Docker Engine. Get started with Docker and Docker Compose.

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Tags: [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure), [#containers](https://daily.dev/tags/containers), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#spring](https://daily.dev/tags/spring), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql)

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