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# Docker Engine and other container engines
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* We are going to cover the architecture of the Docker Engine.
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* We will also present other container engines.
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class: pic
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## Docker Engine external architecture
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## Docker Engine external architecture
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* The Engine is a daemon (service running in the background).
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* All interaction is done through a REST API exposed over a socket.
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* On Linux, the default socket is a UNIX socket: `/var/run/docker.sock`.
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* We can also use a TCP socket, with optional mutual TLS authentication.
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* The `docker` CLI communicates with the Engine over the socket.
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Note: strictly speaking, the Docker API is not fully REST.
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Some operations (e.g. dealing with interactive containers
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and log streaming) don't fit the REST model.
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class: pic
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## Docker Engine internal architecture
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## Docker Engine internal architecture
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* Up to Docker 1.10: the Docker Engine is one single monolithic binary.
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* Starting with Docker 1.11, the Engine is split into multiple parts:
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- `dockerd` (REST API, auth, networking, storage)
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- `containerd` (container lifecycle, controlled over a gRPC API)
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- `containerd-shim` (per-container; does almost nothing but allows to restart the Engine without restarting the containers)
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- `runc` (per-container; does the actual heavy lifting to start the container)
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* Some features (like image and snapshot management) are progressively being pushed from `dockerd` to `containerd`.
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For more details, check [this short presentation by Phil Estes](https://www.slideshare.net/PhilEstes/diving-through-the-layers-investigating-runc-containerd-and-the-docker-engine-architecture).
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## Other container engines
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The following list is not exhaustive.
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Furthermore, we limited the scope to Linux containers.
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Containers also exist (sometimes with other names) on Windows, macOS, Solaris, FreeBSD ...
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## LXC
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* The venerable ancestor (first released in 2008).
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* Docker initially relied on it to execute containers.
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* No daemon; no central API.
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* Each container is managed by a `lxc-start` process.
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* Each `lxc-start` process exposes a custom API over a local UNIX socket, allowing to interact with the container.
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* No notion of image (container filesystems have to be managed manually).
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* Networking has to be setup manually.
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## LXD
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* Re-uses LXC code (through liblxc).
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* Builds on top of LXC to offer a more modern experience.
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* Daemon exposing a REST API.
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* Can manage images, snapshots, migrations, networking, storage.
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* "offers a user experience similar to virtual machines but using Linux containers instead."
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## rkt
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* Compares to `runc`.
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* No daemon or API.
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* Strong emphasis on security (through privilege separation).
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* Networking has to be setup separately (e.g. through CNI plugins).
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* Partial image management (pull, but no push).
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(Image build is handled by separate tools.)
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## CRI-O
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* Designed to be used with Kubernetes as a simple, basic runtime.
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* Compares to `containerd`.
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* Daemon exposing a gRPC interface.
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* Controlled using the CRI API (Container Runtime Interface defined by Kubernetes).
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* Needs an underlying OCI runtime (e.g. runc).
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* Handles storage, images, networking (through CNI plugins).
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We're not aware of anyone using it directly (i.e. outside of Kubernetes).
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## systemd
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* "init" system (PID 1) in most modern Linux distributions.
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* Offers tools like `systemd-nspawn` and `machinectl` to manage containers.
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* `systemd-nspawn` is "In many ways it is similar to chroot(1), but more powerful".
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* `machinectl` can interact with VMs and containers managed by systemd.
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* Exposes a DBUS API.
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* Basic image support (tar archives and raw disk images).
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* Network has to be setup manually.
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---
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## Overall ...
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* The Docker Engine is very developer-centric:
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- easy to install
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- easy to use
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- no manual setup
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- first-class image build and transfer
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* As a result, it is a fantastic tool in development environments.
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* On servers:
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- Docker is a good default choice
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- If you use Kubernetes, the engine doesn't matter
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