It’s important to note that Docker is not a new containerization technology—it is not replacing LXC. Rather, it is providing a standard way to define, build, and run LXCs using Dockerfile and the wider Docker toolchain.
In fact, on 22nd June 2015, Docker, CoreOS, and other leaders in the container industry established the Open Container Initiative (OCI: opencontainers.org), a project that aims to create open industry standards around container formats and runtimes. The OCI has an open governance structure, and has support from the Linux Foundation.
Currently, the OCI provides two standard specifications:
- Image Specification (image-spec: github.com/opencontainers/image-spec): This specifies how an image definition should be ...
