====== Containerized Workload ======

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===== Discussion =====

A Containerized Workload is a [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:w:workload|Workload]] realized through one or more containers and their associated runtime configuration.

A Containerized Workload may include:

  * One or more [[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:c:container_image|Container Images]]
  * Container instances
  * Runtime parameters
  * Resource requirements
  * Network configuration
  * Storage configuration
  * Identity and access configuration
  * Security controls
  * Service-discovery configuration
  * Scaling configuration
  * Health-check configuration

A Containerized Workload may perform:

  * An application function
  * A service function
  * A processing function
  * A platform function
  * A data-management function

A Containerized Workload differs from a Container Image:

  * A Container Image packages the content required to instantiate a container
  * A Containerized Workload is the Workload realized through one or more instantiated containers

A Containerized Workload may use multiple Container Images and may include multiple cooperating container instances.

===== Definition =====

//[[dido:99_annexes:annex-b-terms-and-definitions:w:workload|workload]] realized through one or more containers and their associated runtime configuration//

===== Source =====

Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.

===== Note =====

A Containerized Workload does not require Kubernetes. It may operate through any applicable container runtime or orchestration platform.

The term does not prescribe:

  * A container-image format
  * A container runtime
  * An orchestration platform
  * A deployment topology
  * A provider implementation

===== Example =====

A web service consisting of an application container, a supporting sidecar container, network configuration, storage relationships, and resource limits forms a Containerized Workload.

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