Using containers (Docker/Singularity) in science: Reference

Docker runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

Decide between “Docker for..” and “docker-machine”.

Docker is a kernel level virtualization system.

Container images are downloaded from Docker Hub.

You can run shell inside the container.

Only explicitly mounted host folder are accessible inside the container.

Container images are build using simple recipes - Dockerfiles.

You can store containers for your projects on Docker Hub and retrieve them at any time.

You can use Singularity to run containers on multitenant systems.