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Container Runtime - CI/CD Glossary Definition

A container runtime is the software that creates and runs containers from images, managing their filesystem, namespaces, and lifecycle. Examples include containerd, CRI-O, and the low-level runc.

A container runtime is the software that creates and runs containers from images, managing their filesystem, namespaces, and lifecycle. Examples include containerd, CRI-O, and the low-level runc.

A container runtime is the software that creates and runs containers from images, managing their filesystem, namespaces, and lifecycle. Examples include containerd, CRI-O, and the low-level runc.

In CI

The runtime on a CI runner determines how service containers and Docker builds execute; runners often expose containerd or Docker with an OCI-compliant runtime underneath.

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