What is meant by Docker on bare metal? what is the difference between running docker on a ubuntu system and docker running on bare metal? Do we get all the features when running on bare metal? how do I install Docker on bare metal? Who runs the container? Thanks!!
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Where did you read that you can run Docker on bare-metal? As fas as I know you need to have at least a minimal [Linux System](https://docs.docker.com/installation/binaries) to run Docker. Otherwise you could not use the namespaces, bridge-utils usw.. – joh.scheuer Dec 12 '14 at 07:34
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1possible duplicate of [Docker on bare metal?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/20088835/docker-on-bare-metal) – Bryan Dec 12 '14 at 10:15
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Docker uses the linux-kernel to do containerization. Without a linux kernel it won't run.
Docker is only a go binary, and to run that you need an operating system .
Docker is often referred to be as fast as running on bare metal. In this context that means not to be in a virtual environment but to have an operating system.
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It's the same thing, bare metal just refers to the fact it is not running "in the cloud" or in a hypervisor or kvm. All the features are still the exact same. It is more referring to the setup of the server it is running on.
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