From 405be90634ec8ae20eb9ef100be42554da03b76f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sebastiaan van Stijn Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 00:15:56 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: remove AuFS from glossary The AuFS storage driver was deprecated and now removed. Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn (cherry picked from commit b222900520005f0b3133ae60094853929475de80) Signed-off-by: Sebastiaan van Stijn --- docs/reference/glossary.md | 23 +++++------------------ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/glossary.md b/docs/reference/glossary.md index b656bae729..e21ef64334 100644 --- a/docs/reference/glossary.md +++ b/docs/reference/glossary.md @@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ keywords: "glossary, docker, terms, definitions" A list of terms used around the Docker project. -## aufs - -aufs (advanced multi layered unification filesystem) is a Linux [filesystem](#filesystem) that -Docker supports as a storage backend. It implements the -[union mount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount) for Linux file systems. - ## base image An image that has no parent is a **base image**. @@ -178,7 +172,7 @@ and assign them locations for efficient storage and retrieval. Examples : -- Linux : ext4, aufs, btrfs, zfs +- Linux : ext4, btrfs, zfs - Windows : NTFS - macOS : HFS+ @@ -316,23 +310,16 @@ containers. ## Union file system -Union file systems implement a [union -mount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount) and operate by creating +Union file systems implement a [union mount](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_mount) and operate by creating layers. Docker uses union file systems in conjunction with [copy-on-write](#copy-on-write) techniques to provide the building blocks for containers, making them very lightweight and fast. -For more on Docker and union file systems, see [Docker and AUFS in -practice](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/aufs-driver/), -[Docker and Btrfs in -practice](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/btrfs-driver/), -and [Docker and OverlayFS in -practice](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/overlayfs-driver/) +For more on Docker and union file systems, see [OverlayFS storage driver](https://docs.docker.com/storage/storagedriver/overlayfs-driver/), +and [Btrfs storage driver](https://docs.docker.com/storage/storagedriver/btrfs-driver/). Example implementations of union file systems are -[UnionFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS), -[AUFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aufs), and -[Btrfs](https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page). +[UnionFS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UnionFS), and [Btrfs](https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page). ## virtual machine