Automating container creation

Containers – in the eyes of many – are magic. You can put all the stuff you need for a smaller application or a section of a larger application into an environment solely catered to it where it can function on its own. It’s like creating a separate planet where polar bears can live in their native environment forever free from the terrors of global warming. In this way, containers are amazing since they can help maintain nearly extinct technologies in environments that can sustain them. That is truly magic. But casting the spell is rather bothersome, which is why we automate stuff.

Sample 1: Creating containers based on a list of requirements

Containers change between initialization and stoppage based on changes in the state of the files and configurations within the container. Capturing an image from this changed container will give an image that has several layers added on top of the initial layer. This is a way to create custom...