Re: Docker

From: Gerard E. Seibert <jerry_at_seibercom.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 20:59:05 UTC 
On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 13:25:49 -0700, Pat Maddox stated:
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2023, at 1:01 PM, Gerard E. Seibert wrote:
> > On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:38:47 +0200, Mario Marietto stated:  
> >> ---> Docker will NEVER run on FreeBSD, because Docker is built on  
> >> technologies which only exist in the Linux kernel.  
> >
> > I have read several articles that state Docker can run on MS
> > Windows. If that is true, and I have not seen anything that
> > disproves it, then it can run on technologies other than those
> > found in the Linux kernel.  
> 
> Docker for Windows and Mac both operate by running a Linux VM, and
> running Docker within the VM.
> 
> An equivalent approach in FreeBSD would be to implement docker
> commands to spin up a Linux VM in bhyve and run the container inside
> it. That has been brought up several times (and summarily rejected by
> some people here), and is a different thing from FreeBSD kernel
> supporting Docker containers.

I was getting that information from here:
https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/windows-install/