Containerization Concepts
Key concepts and terminology in containerization and container orchestration.
The data
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- Concept
- Container Image
- Description
- Immutable, layered filesystem containing application code, runtime, and dependencies.
- Tool
- Dockerfile, BuildKit
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- Concept
- Container Runtime
- Description
- Software that runs and manages containers.
- Tool
- containerd, runc, CRI-O
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- Concept
- Container Registry
- Description
- Storage and distribution system for container images.
- Tool
- Docker Hub, GHCR, ECR, ACR
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- Concept
- Orchestration
- Description
- Automated management of container lifecycles across clusters.
- Tool
- Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Nomad
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- Concept
- Service Mesh
- Description
- Infrastructure layer handling service-to-service communication.
- Tool
- Istio, Linkerd, Envoy
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- Concept
- Container Network Interface (CNI)
- Description
- Plugin interface for configuring network connectivity.
- Tool
- Calico, Flannel, Cilium
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- Concept
- Persistent Storage
- Description
- Storage that persists beyond the container lifecycle.
- Tool
- PersistentVolume, CSI drivers
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const res = await fetch( "https://yjtoon.com/static-data/dataset/containerization.toon" ); const toon = await res.text();
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