Google Container-optimized OS
What is Google Container-optimized OS?
It is an operating system image for your Compute Engine VMs that is optimized for running Docker containers. Container-Optimized OS is maintained by Google and based on the open source Chromium OS project. With Container-Optimized OS, you can bring up your Docker containers on Google Cloud Platform quickly, efficiently, and securely.
Google Container-optimized OS is a tool in the Container Registry category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Run containers out of the boxSmaller attack surfaceLocked-down by defaultAutomatic Updates
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Google Container-optimized OS Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Google Container-optimized OS?
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.
