What is client and server in docker?
- Thread starter balenshah
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Server and client are ambiguous terms at best these days.
A "server" is typically an application that "serves up" ( gives out ) data.
A web server, a dhcp server, a database server, a virtual machine server, etc...
However you could have a virtual machine running a web server on your main host.
And even though the VM is a client on your host, the web server is still a server per se.
Docker doesn't "require" a REST API, but it depends on how the VM was created.
( Usually with a Dockerfile ). Usually you can access the VM via bash exec.
In the example above, there is a REST API between the Docker server and the docker container,
but usually that is transparent to you, and you can telnet or ssh to your container ( again depending on how
it was created and what services are running inside it ).
A "server" is typically an application that "serves up" ( gives out ) data.
A web server, a dhcp server, a database server, a virtual machine server, etc...
However you could have a virtual machine running a web server on your main host.
And even though the VM is a client on your host, the web server is still a server per se.
Docker doesn't "require" a REST API, but it depends on how the VM was created.
( Usually with a Dockerfile ). Usually you can access the VM via bash exec.
In the example above, there is a REST API between the Docker server and the docker container,
but usually that is transparent to you, and you can telnet or ssh to your container ( again depending on how
it was created and what services are running inside it ).
@dos2unix is absolutely correct.
You can assume docker server as docker engine. Your docker cli communicates with docker engine via docker socket interface.
So whenever you type docker ps or some other command, it is sent to docker engine. Docker engine replies to your command and the result is shown on terminal.
docker <command> ------> docker.socket ------> docker engine
(client) (server)
You can assume docker server as docker engine. Your docker cli communicates with docker engine via docker socket interface.
So whenever you type docker ps or some other command, it is sent to docker engine. Docker engine replies to your command and the result is shown on terminal.
docker <command> ------> docker.socket ------> docker engine
(client) (server)
