# Your First Docker

Now that you have docker running on your computer let's create your first Dockerfile.

Before creating a container, you need to understand what a container is. A container runs natively on Linux (or in Docker desktop) and shares the host machine's kernel with other containers. It runs a discrete process, taking no more memory than any further executable, making it lightweight.

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Now that you've set up your environment, you can begin to develop containerized applications.

Since the documentation on how to create a container is already readily available online, we suggest you follow this excellent guide from Docker on Building and Running your image:

[Docker - Get Started Guide](https://docs.docker.com/get-started/02_our_app/)

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We recommend using the base image that you are comfortable ([CentOS](https://hub.docker.com/_/centos), [Ubuntu](https://hub.docker.com/_/ubuntu), [Debian](https://hub.docker.com/_/debian) or [Alpine](https://hub.docker.com//alpine)). We can run all Linux-based kernels without issues.
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