Does Hyperledger Fabric need Docker?

Question

This may be the stupid question. Does Hyperledger Fabric require Docker for its operations.

I\'m just wondering that Docker is needed only if we need to run Fabric p

Answer 1

Just so this point does not go unnoticed, while you do not need to run the peer in a Docker container, endorsing peers (the ones which run chaincode) need access to a Docker daemon (ideally on the same host). Chaincode is currently only deployed via Docker containers.