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# Docker images

Docker image is an **isolated file system that contains**

* all dependences
* configuration
* scripts
* binaries and other files
* environmental variables
* metadata needed for a program to run independently

This property also enables usage of tools otherwise not compatible with tools inside Sandbox IVM. Reading from input and writing to output data.

#### Articles in this section:

* [How to get a new Docker image to Sandbox](/working-in-the-sandbox/quirks-and-features/docker-images/how-to-get-a-new-docker-image-to-sandbox.md)
* [How to mount data into Docker container image](/working-in-the-sandbox/quirks-and-features/docker-images/how-to-mount-data-into-docker-container-image.md)
* [Containers available to Sandbox](/working-in-the-sandbox/quirks-and-features/docker-images/containers-available-to-sandbox.md)
* [Containers with user customized tool sets](/working-in-the-sandbox/quirks-and-features/docker-images/packages-conflicting-other-packages-in-current-ivm.md)
* [How to write a Docker file](/working-in-the-sandbox/quirks-and-features/docker-images/how-to-write-a-docker-file.md)
* [Anaconda Python environment in the Sandbox](/working-in-the-sandbox/quirks-and-features/docker-images/anaconda-python-environment-in-the-sandbox.md)