Docker Tutorial #4: Docker Volumes and Networking
In the previous tutorial, we used Docker Compose to run an app with a database. We briefly mentioned volumes and networking. Now let’s understand them properly. These two topics answer two important questions: Volumes: How do I keep data when a container is removed? Networking: How do containers talk to each other? Why Containers Lose Data Containers are designed to be temporary. You can create them, destroy them, and replace them. This is a feature, not a bug — it makes containers predictable and easy to deploy. ...