Is this possible via Docker?

Question

Docker

Does it make sense or can Docker be used for such tasks?
For example, there is a production server on a VPS
. And in order not to experiment there, there with new features and other things, create a Docker on a localhost, with exactly the same OS, and try it in it, and if everything is ok, then deploy the entire OS to production. Or how to push parts?
Well, for example, I set up PHP, Elasticsearch and other packages on the local Docker. And after I realized that everything is working well, send it to the workstation. Or is it not?
It is necessary, as it were, to make two CentOS axes, one on the local, the other on production. After testing it locally, deploy it to production. Or how to push parts?

Answer 1

This is what Docker is for, to run the same containers in different environments.
Those images that you made on the local computer and deploy to production.
The distribution kit on the localhost can be any (containers are usually generally based on an image of a minimal distribution like AlpineOS).