映像或容器映像是一个包含应用程序代码、应用程序运行时、配置和依赖库的文件。映像基本上是将所有这些包装成一个单一的、安全的不可变单元。使用适当的docker命令构建映像。图像有图像id和图像标签。标签的格式通常为<docker-user-name>/image-name:tag。

当您开始使用映像运行应用程序时，实际上是启动了一个容器。你的容器是一个运行图像的沙盒。Docker软件用于管理映像和容器。

Image是一个安全的包，其中包含应用程序工件、库、配置和应用程序运行时。容器是映像的运行时表示形式。

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

图像之于类就像容器之于对象。

容器是图像的实例，就像对象是类的实例一样。

简而言之:

容器是内核中的一个分区(虚拟)，它共享一个公共操作系统并运行一个镜像(Docker镜像)。

容器是一个自我维持的应用程序，它将包含包和运行代码所需的所有依赖项。

映像的实例称为容器。你有一个图像，它是你描述的一组图层。如果启动这个映像，就有了这个映像的运行容器。同一个映像可以有多个正在运行的容器。

你可以用docker images看到你所有的图像，而你可以用docker ps看到你正在运行的容器(你可以用docker ps -a看到所有的容器)。

因此，映像的运行实例就是一个容器。

虽然将容器看作一个运行的映像是最简单的，但这并不十分准确。

An image is really a template that can be turned into a container. To turn an image into a container, the Docker engine takes the image, adds a read-write filesystem on top and initialises various settings including network ports, container name, ID and resource limits. A running container has a currently executing process, but a container can also be stopped (or exited in Docker's terminology). An exited container is not the same as an image, as it can be restarted and will retain its settings and any filesystem changes.