映像是构建容器(正在运行的实例)的蓝图。

我想用以下类比来说明:

+-----------------------------+-------+-----------+
|             Domain          | Meta  | Concrete  |
+-----------------------------+-------+-----------+
| Docker                      | Image | Container |
| Object oriented programming | Class | Object    |
+-----------------------------+-------+-----------+

对于一个虚拟的编程类比，你可以认为Docker有一个抽象的ImageFactory，它保存着它们来自存储的ImageFactory。

然后，一旦你想从ImageFactory中创建一个应用程序，你就有了一个新的容器，你可以随心所欲地修改它。DotNetImageFactory将是不可变的，因为它作为一个抽象工厂类，在那里它只交付您想要的实例。

IContainer newDotNetApp = ImageFactory.DotNetImageFactory.CreateNew(appOptions);
newDotNetApp.ChangeDescription("I am making changes on this instance");
newDotNetApp.Run();

An image is like a class and container is like an object that class and so you can have an infinite number of containers behaving like the image. A class is a blueprint which isnt doing anything on its own. You have to create instances of the object un your program to do anything meaningful. And so is the case with an image and a container. You define your image and then create containers running that image. It isnt exactly similar because object is an instance of a class whereas a container is something like an empty hollow place and you use the image to build up a running host with exactly what the image says

Docker的核心概念是使创建“机器”变得容易，在这种情况下，机器可以被认为是容器。容器有助于重用性，允许您轻松地创建和删除容器。

图像描述了容器在每个时间点上的状态。所以基本的工作流程是:

创建映像 启动容器 对容器进行更改 将容器重新保存为图像

Docker容器正在运行一个映像的实例。你可以将图像与程序关联起来，将容器与进程关联起来:)