Kata Containers

August 15, 2023 | permanent

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Summary #

Kata Containers is an community working to build a secure container runtime with lightweight virtual machines that feel and perform like containers, but provide stronger workload isolation using hardware virtualization technology as a second layer of defense. URL

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The speed of containers, the security of Kata Containers is an open source container runtime, building lightweight virtual machines that seamlessly plug into the containers ecosystem.

Kata Containers is an open source community working to build a secure container runtime with lightweight virtual machines that feel and perform like containers, but provide stronger workload isolation using hardware virtualization technology as a second layer of defense.

Features #

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Runs in a dedicated kernel, providing isolation of network, I/O and memory and can utilize hardware-enforced isolation with virtualization VT extensions.

Compatibility #

Supports industry standards including OCI container format, Kubernetes CRI interface, as well as legacy virtualization technologies.

Performance #

Delivers consistent performance as standard Linux containers; increased isolation without the performance tax of standard virtual machines.

Simplicity #

Eliminates the requirement for nesting containers inside full blown virtual machines; standard interfaces make it easy to plug in and get started.