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Thehistoryofcomputinginanutshell1. Beganwithdumbterminalsattachedtosmartmainframes

Thehistoryofcomputinginanutshell1. Beganwithdumbterminalsattachedtosmartmainframes

2. Movedtostrongerindividualcomputers,"PC's"

Thehistoryofcomputinginanutshell1. Beganwithdumbterminalsattachedtosmartmainframes

2. Movedtostrongerindividualcomputers,"PC's"

3. Backtodumbdevicesconnectedtosupercomputers.

Whatcanyouevendoonaphonewithnointernetconnection?

WhatisaVPS?

WhatisaVPS?Okay,yeah,it'sa"virtualprivateserver"...

WhatisaVPS?Okay,yeah,it'sa"virtualprivateserver"...

Virtual...Private...Server...

WhatdoesWikipediasayaboutit?"AVPSrunsitsowncopyofanoperatingsystem,andcustomershavesuperuser-levelaccesstothatoperatingsysteminstance,sotheycaninstallalmostanysoftwarethatrunsonthatOS.Formanypurposestheyarefunctionallyequivalenttoadedicatedphysicalserver,andbeingsoftware-defined,areabletobemuchmoreeasilycreatedandconfigured."--Wikipedia

WhatdoesWikipediasayaboutit?"AVPSrunsitsowncopyofanoperatingsystem,andcustomershavesuperuser-levelaccesstothatoperatingsysteminstance,sotheycaninstallalmostanysoftwarethatrunsonthatOS.Formanypurposestheyarefunctionallyequivalenttoadedicatedphysicalserver,andbeingsoftware-defined,areabletobemuchmoreeasilycreatedandconfigured."--Wikipedia

AdvantagesTheyareeasilyconfigurable...Wecanmakeasmanyaswewant...Wecanmakethemaspowerfulasweneed...Wecancreateanddestroytheminstantly...

HowdoImakeone?

VagrantA"headless"VMProvisioningsupportbuilt-inOftentimesmoreconvenientwithouttheGUI

thealex::$vagrantinithashicorp/precise64

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thealex::$vagrantup

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thealex::$vagrantssh

DockerA"lightweight"VMQuickerthanvagrant,butmuchlesscontained

Wherevagrant/virtualboxvirtualisethehardware,dockerutilizesaclevernamespacetrickinordertorunprocessesin'isolated'environmentswhileavoidinganyhardwarevirtualisation.

Richecosystemofthird-partyimagesandenvironments

dockerrun-itubuntubash

DockerA"lightweight"VMQuickerthanvagrant,butmuchlesscontained

Wherevagrant/virtualboxvirtualisethehardware,dockerutilizesaclevernamespacetrickinordertorunprocessesin'isolated'environmentswhileavoidinganyhardwarevirtualisation.

Richecosystemofthird-partyimagesandenvironments

dockerrun-itubuntubash

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