container runtime

containerd Graduates Within the CNCF

Michael Crosby
Feb 28 2019

We are happy to announce that as of today, containerd, an industry-standard runtime for building container solutions, graduates within the CNCF. The successful graduation demonstrates containerd has achieved the maturity, stability and community acceptance required...

Introducing Docker Engine 18.09

Manik Taneja
Nov 16 2018

Last week, we launched Docker Enterprise 2.1 - advancing our leadership in the enterprise container platform market. That platform is built on Docker Engine 18.09 which was also released last week for both Community and Enterprise users. Docker Engine 18.09 represents...

Docker Achieves FIPS 140-2 Validation

Andrew Weiss
Oct 31 2018

We are excited to share that we have achieved formal FIPS 140-2 validation (Certificate #3304) from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for our Docker Enterprise Edition Crypto Library. With this validation and...

A tour of containerd 1.0

Michael Crosby
Dec 11 2017

We have done a few talks in the past on different features of containerd, how it was designed, and some of the problems that we have fixed along the way. Containerd is used by Docker, Kubernetes CRI, and a few other projects but this is a post for people who may not...

Announcing the General Availability of containerd 1.0, the industry-standard runtime used by millions of users

Patrick Chanezon
Dec 5 2017

Today, we’re pleased to announce that containerd (pronounced Con-Tay-Ner-D), an industry-standard runtime for building container solutions, has reached its 1.0 milestone. containerd has already been deployed in millions of systems in production today, making it the...

containerd joins the Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Patrick Chanezon
Mar 29 2017

Today, we’re excited to announce that containerd – Docker’s core container runtime – has been accepted by the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) as an incubating project in the Cloud Native Computing...

containerd summit recap: slides, videos and meeting notes

Michael Crosby
Feb 28 2017

Last week, we hosted a containerd summit for contributors and maintainers. Containerd is a core container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability. It is available as a daemon for Linux and Windows, which can manage the complete container...

More details about containerd, Docker’s core container runtime component

Patrick Chanezon
Dec 14 2016

Today we announced that Docker is extracting a key component of its container platform, a part of the engine plumbing--containerd a core container runtime--and commits to donating it to an open foundation. containerd is designed to be less coupled, and easier to...

containerd – a core container runtime project for the industry

Solomon Hykes
Dec 14 2016

Today Docker is spinning out its core container runtime functionality into a standalone component, incorporating it into a separate project called containerd, and will be donating it to a neutral foundation early next year. This is the latest chapter in a multi-year...