====== Container Platform ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Container Platform is a computing platform that supplies the runtime and supporting capabilities required to deploy and operate [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:containerized_workload|Containerized Workloads]].

A Container Platform may supply:

  * A container runtime
  * Workload scheduling
  * Resource allocation
  * Network connectivity
  * Service discovery
  * Storage integration
  * Identity and access controls
  * Security controls
  * Configuration distribution
  * Secret distribution
  * Health monitoring
  * Logging
  * Scaling
  * Workload restart and recovery

A Container Platform uses one or more [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:container_image|Container Images]] to instantiate the containers associated with a Containerized Workload.

A Container Platform differs from a container runtime:

  * A container runtime creates and operates individual containers
  * A Container Platform combines a container runtime with capabilities used to deploy and operate Containerized Workloads

A Container Platform differs from a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:k:kubernetes_cluster|Kubernetes Cluster]]:

  * A Container Platform is the general concept
  * A Kubernetes Cluster is a Container Platform realized through Kubernetes control-plane components and worker nodes

A Container Platform may operate:

  * On physical computing resources
  * On [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:v:virtual_machine|Virtual Machines]]
  * Within an [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:i:infrastructure_environment|Infrastructure Environment]]
  * Through a provider-managed service
  * In a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:connected_environment|Connected Environment]]
  * In a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:d:disconnected_environment|Disconnected Environment]]
  * In an [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:a:air-gapped_environment|Air-Gapped Environment]]

===== Definition =====

//computing platform that supplies the runtime and supporting capabilities required to deploy and operate [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:containerized_workload|Containerized Workloads]]//

===== Source =====

Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.

===== Note =====

A Container Platform does not by itself establish that the platform is:

  * Securely configured
  * Highly available
  * Compliant with an applicable [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:b:baseline|Baseline]]
  * Authorized to execute a particular Workload
  * Connected to an external network
  * Suitable for production operation

Separate requirements govern those determinations.

The term does not prescribe:

  * A container runtime
  * An orchestration technology
  * A deployment topology
  * A network implementation
  * A storage implementation
  * An operating system
  * A provider
  * A [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:p:provider_implementation|Provider Implementation]]

===== Example =====

A Kubernetes Cluster, comprising worker nodes, a container runtime, networking, storage integration, identity controls, logging, and monitoring, serves as a Container Platform for deployed Containerized Workloads.

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