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Immutable containers

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Immutable containers

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- [Presenter] All right, welcome back to the container security learning path. We are in the Docker security course of the learning path. We're in section 13, talking about running containers securely. And in this section 13, specifically, we're going to talk about immutable containers. So some quick definitions here. Mutable, right, prone to change, inconstant, capable of being changed, liable to mutation, right? Nice "Webster's Dictionary" definitions. And immutable, not capable, or susceptible to change, much like that giant boulder pictured on this slide. So one other thing to consider, right, as we talk about container workloads, right, using Docker containers to run applications is there's a DevOps sort of slogan or saying that you should treat servers like cattle, not pets. Servers should be sort of interchangeable units that you can swap out. You know, if you're a rancher, one cow is more or less as good as the other. There's obviously some... It's not 100% true, but generally…

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