Technical Glossary
Mechanism-first definitions for commands, architecture patterns, and key concepts across Docker, Kubernetes, Gen AI, and Agentic AI.
CLI command delegating Dockerfile parsing and layer assembly to the BuildKit engine.
CLI command instantiating and launching a container with specified isolation boundaries, volumes, and ports.
CLI command spawning a new process inside the existing namespaces of a running container.
CLI command creating and starting multi-container services declared in a compose YAML manifest.
CLI command declaratively updating cluster resources using 3-way strategic merge patches against etcd.
CLI command querying and displaying summary tables of specified Kubernetes API resources.
CLI command establishing interactive shell sessions inside a specific container in a cluster Pod.