SensorWeb design + updates

[Thomas Zimmermann]

Hi,

I'm new here and this might be a stupid question: Why does SensorWeb use
Docker images for it's application?

I was reading [1] and [2]. As far as I understand there's a base image
that contains the boot loader, kernel, and a number of system tools. The
actual application runs within a container that is based on Docker. The
container image with the application code can be updated with the Docker
tools; an update of the base image will require different mechanisms.

Container images are useful for system partitioning and isolating
different Linux environments on the same machine. None of that seems to
be an issue for a SensorWeb device. Is there another reason for using
containers that I'm not aware of?

Best regards
Thomas

[1]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jSK9CAN7X6pkBrJK-KavfuGCdk40pYkxTYUCDV9hxFI/edit?ts=57eefb82#heading=h.7ugmvcq0rz78
[2]
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y8z9BRt6_cBGWivzJpRiUsfZ65_Cu8499wOi_MIGtW4/edit