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# Our first containers
![Colorful plastic tubs](images/title-our-first-containers.jpg)
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## Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you will have:
* Seen Docker in action.
* Started your first containers.
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## Hello World
In your Docker environment, just run the following command:
```bash
$ docker run busybox echo hello world
hello world
```
(If your Docker install is brand new, you will also see a few extra lines,
corresponding to the download of the `busybox` image.)
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## That was our first container!
* We used one of the smallest, simplest images available: `busybox`.
* `busybox` is typically used in embedded systems (phones, routers...)
* We ran a single process and echo'ed `hello world`.
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## A more useful container
Let's run a more exciting container:
```bash
$ docker run -it ubuntu
root@04c0bb0a6c07:/#
```
* This is a brand new container.
* It runs a bare-bones, no-frills `ubuntu` system.
* `-it` is shorthand for `-i -t`.
* `-i` tells Docker to connect us to the container's stdin.
* `-t` tells Docker that we want a pseudo-terminal.
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## Do something in our container
Try to run `figlet` in our container.
```bash
root@04c0bb0a6c07:/# figlet hello
bash: figlet: command not found
```
Alright, we need to install it.
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## Install a package in our container
We want `figlet`, so let's install it:
```bash
root@04c0bb0a6c07:/# apt-get update
...
Fetched 1514 kB in 14s (103 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
root@04c0bb0a6c07:/# apt-get install figlet
Reading package lists... Done
...
```
One minute later, `figlet` is installed!
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## Try to run our freshly installed program
The `figlet` program takes a message as parameter.
```bash
root@04c0bb0a6c07:/# figlet hello
_ _ _
| |__ ___| | | ___
| '_ \ / _ \ | |/ _ \
| | | | __/ | | (_) |
|_| |_|\___|_|_|\___/
```
Beautiful! .emoji[😍]
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## Counting packages in the container
Let's check how many packages are installed there.
```bash
root@04c0bb0a6c07:/# dpkg -l | wc -l
190
```
* `dpkg -l` lists the packages installed in our container
* `wc -l` counts them
How many packages do we have on our host?
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## Counting packages on the host
Exit the container by logging out of the shell, like you would usually do.
(E.g. with `^D` or `exit`)
```bash
root@04c0bb0a6c07:/# exit
```
Now, try to:
* run `dpkg -l | wc -l`. How many packages are installed?
* run `figlet`. Does that work?
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## Comparing the container and the host
Exit the container by logging out of the shell, with `^D` or `exit`.
Now try to run `figlet`. Does that work?
(It shouldn't; except if, by coincidence, you are running on a machine where figlet was installed before.)
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## Host and containers are independent things
* We ran an `ubuntu` container on an Linux/Windows/macOS host.
* They have different, independent packages.
* Installing something on the host doesn't expose it to the container.
* And vice-versa.
* Even if both the host and the container have the same Linux distro!
* We can run *any container* on *any host*.
(One exception: Windows containers cannot run on Linux machines; at least not yet.)
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## Where's our container?
* Our container is now in a *stopped* state.
* It still exists on disk, but all compute resources have been freed up.
* We will see later how to get back to that container.
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## Starting another container
What if we start a new container, and try to run `figlet` again?
```bash
$ docker run -it ubuntu
root@b13c164401fb:/# figlet
bash: figlet: command not found
```
* We started a *brand new container*.
* The basic Ubuntu image was used, and `figlet` is not here.
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## Where's my container?
* Can we reuse that container that we took time to customize?
*We can, but that's not the default workflow with Docker.*
* What's the default workflow, then?
*Always start with a fresh container.*
<br/>
*If we need something installed in our container, build a custom image.*
* That seems complicated!
*We'll see that it's actually pretty easy!*
* And what's the point?
*This puts a strong emphasis on automation and repeatability. Let's see why ...*
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## Pets vs. Cattle
* In the "pets vs. cattle" metaphor, there are two kinds of servers.
* Pets:
* have distinctive names and unique configurations
* when they have an outage, we do everything we can to fix them
* Cattle:
* have generic names (e.g. with numbers) and generic configuration
* configuration is enforced by configuration management, golden images ...
* when they have an outage, we can replace them immediately with a new server
* What's the connection with Docker and containers?
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## Local development environments
* When we use local VMs (with e.g. VirtualBox or VMware), our workflow looks like this:
* create VM from base template (Ubuntu, CentOS...)
* install packages, set up environment
* work on project
* when done, shut down VM
* next time we need to work on project, restart VM as we left it
* if we need to tweak the environment, we do it live
* Over time, the VM configuration evolves, diverges.
* We don't have a clean, reliable, deterministic way to provision that environment.
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## Local development with Docker
* With Docker, the workflow looks like this:
* create container image with our dev environment
* run container with that image
* work on project
* when done, shut down container
* next time we need to work on project, start a new container
* if we need to tweak the environment, we create a new image
* We have a clear definition of our environment, and can share it reliably with others.
* Let's see in the next chapters how to bake a custom image with `figlet`!
???
:EN:- Running our first container
:FR:- Lancer nos premiers conteneurs