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:title: Welcome to the Docker Documentation
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:description: An overview of the Docker Documentation
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:keywords: containers, lxc, concepts, explanation
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Welcome
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=======
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.. image:: concepts/images/dockerlogo-h.png
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``docker``, the Linux Container Runtime, runs Unix processes with
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strong guarantees of isolation across servers. Your software runs
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repeatably everywhere because its :ref:`container_def` includes any
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dependencies.
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``docker`` runs three ways:
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* as a daemon to manage LXC containers on your :ref:`Linux host
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<kernel>` (``sudo docker -d``)
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* as a :ref:`CLI <cli>` which talks to the daemon's `REST API
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<api/docker_remote_api>`_ (``docker run ...``)
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* as a client of :ref:`Repositories <working_with_the_repository>`
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that let you share what you've built (``docker pull, docker
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commit``).
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Each use of ``docker`` is documented here. The features of Docker are
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currently in active development, so this documentation will change
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frequently.
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For an overview of Docker, please see the `Introduction
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<http://www.docker.io>`_. When you're ready to start working with
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Docker, we have a `quick start <http://www.docker.io/gettingstarted>`_
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and a more in-depth guide to :ref:`ubuntu_linux` and other
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:ref:`installation_list` paths including prebuilt binaries,
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Vagrant-created VMs, Rackspace and Amazon instances.
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Enough reading! :ref:`Try it out! <running_examples>`
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