From the course: Securing Containers and Kubernetes Ecosystem
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Container runtime - Kubernetes Tutorial
From the course: Securing Containers and Kubernetes Ecosystem
Container runtime
- So now we recognize the security and isolation features offered by the operating system and how essential they are for a container platform. The component that actually leverages these OS features is known as container runtime. Let's now take a look at the role of container runtime within the context of a container platform, such as Docker. We will cover the container images and container orchestration in the later sections of this course. Container platform consists of a Daemon that listens to API requests from the clients. This demon, in turn relies on a component known as container runtime. The definition and the scope of container runtimes have changed over the years. But in general, container runtimes perform two distinct tasks. The high level tasks of image transport, packing or unpacking images is done by so-called high-level Container runtime. In the Docker ecosystem, this task is performed by container D.…
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