A technical exploration of container runtimes, orchestration, and the underlying Linux primitives, from low-level OCI specs to practical implementation.
Explains Kubernetes Container Runtimes and the Container Runtime Interface (CRI), detailing how runtimes like containerd integrate with Kubernetes.
Explains high-level container runtimes, their role in image management and orchestration, and compares examples like Docker and containerd.
Explains the core functions of low-level container runtimes, focusing on Linux namespaces and cgroups for container isolation and resource management.
Explains what container runtimes are, why they are confusing, and introduces different types of runtimes in the first of a four-part series.
