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Kata Containers Kubernetes integration: CRI, OCI, and containerd shimv2 API

"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." Containerization is such an indirection level that helps to build agile applications.

However, look into the details of a kubernetes node, CRI and OCI set up two level of indirections, and there is a shim for each container process by design, for runtimes like Kata Containers, we had to add a fourth level of indirection for the compatibility with runC command line.

Fortunately, the new containerd v2 shim API returns some powers to runtimes and we could have a much better trade-off between overhead and maintenance.

This forum will discuss the different solutions of kata-k8s integration.

Proposed moderators: Xu Wang and Tao Peng from HyperHQ; Eric Ernst and Sam Ortiz from Intel


What can I expect to learn?

This session will help kubernetes users find a better way to adopt kata containers. And the voice of the audience will be collected and help the future development of kata containers.

Thursday, November 15, 9:00am-9:40am (8:00am - 8:40am UTC)
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Ant Group, Senior Staff Engineer
Xu Wang is the CTO and Cofounder of Hyper HQ, and an initial member of Kata Containers Architecture Committee. HyperHQ created hypervisor-based open source container runtime runV (secure as VM, fast as container). runV merged with clear containers from Intel, and become Kata Containers project in Dec 2017. Hyper HQ provides hyper.sh,... FULL PROFILE