RktWhat is rkt?
Rocket is a cli for running App Containers. The goal of rocket is to be composable, secure, and fast.
rkt is a tool in the Container Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Composable. All tools for downloading, installing, and running containers should be well integrated, but independent and composable.Security. Isolation should be pluggable, and the crypto primitives for strong trust, image auditing and application identity should exist from day one.Image distribution. Discovery of container images should be simple and facilitate a federated namespace, and distributed retrieval. This opens the possibility of alternative protocols, such as BitTorrent, and deployments to private environments without the requirement of a registry.Open. The format and runtime should be well-specified and developed by a community. We want independent implementations of tools to be able to run the same container consistently.
rkt Pros & Cons
Pros of rkt
- ✓Security
- ✓Robust container portability
- ✓Composable containers
Cons of rkt
No cons listed yet.
rkt Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to rkt?
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
LXC
LXC is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment features. Through a powerful API and simple tools, it lets Linux users easily create and manage system or application containers.
LXD
LXD isn't a rewrite of LXC, in fact it's building on top of LXC to provide a new, better user experience. Under the hood, LXD uses LXC through liblxc and its Go binding to create and manage the containers. It's basically an alternative to LXC's tools and distribution template system with the added features that come from being controllable over the network.
