Is it possible to create containers on different physical or virtual machines within a single infrastructure?

Yes, it is possible to create and run containers on various physical or virtual machines within a single infrastructure. Containers are isolated at the operating system level, but to manage them in a distributed environment, orchestrators such as Kubernetes or Docker Swarm are often used.

Such infrastructure allows:

• Running containers on different hosts (physical or virtual).
• Centralized management of deployment, scaling, and updating of containers.
• Ensuring high availability and load balancing.

Example: In Kubernetes, a cluster consists of multiple nodes, each of which can be a separate physical or virtual machine. Containers (pods) are run on each node, forming a distributed application.

Thus, containers are not limited to a single machine and can operate in a scalable and fault-tolerant infrastructure.