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CRI-O - CI/CD Glossary Definition

CRI-O is a lightweight container runtime built specifically to implement the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI), running OCI images with runc or crun.

CRI-O is a lightweight container runtime built specifically to implement the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI), running OCI images with runc or crun.

CRI-O is a lightweight container runtime built specifically to implement the Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI), running OCI images with runc or crun.

Design goal

CRI-O only supports what Kubernetes needs, which keeps its surface small and stable compared with a general-purpose runtime.

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