containerdWhat is containerd?
An industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness, and portability
containerd is a tool in the Container Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
OCI Image Spec supportOCI Runtime Spec support (aka runC)Image push and pull supportContainer runtime and lifecycle supportNetwork primitives for creation, modification, and deletion of interfacesMulti-tenant supported with CAS storage for global imagesManagement of network namespaces containers to join existing namespaces
containerd Pros & Cons
Pros of containerd
- ✓No Need for docker shim
- ✓Supports Kubernetes version greater than 1.21
- ✓Needs docker shim to work on kubernetes
- ✓No kubernetes support after 1.22
Cons of containerd
No cons listed yet.
containerd Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to containerd?
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Docker Compose
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.
Rancher
Rancher is an open source container management platform that includes full distributions of Kubernetes, Apache Mesos and Docker Swarm, and makes it simple to operate container clusters on any cloud or infrastructure platform.
