Container Platform

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A Container Platform is a computing platform that supplies the runtime and supporting capabilities required to deploy and operate 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 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 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 Virtual Machines
• Within an Infrastructure Environment
• Through a provider-managed service
• In a Connected Environment
• In a Disconnected Environment
• In an Air-Gapped Environment

computing platform that supplies the runtime and supporting capabilities required to deploy and operate Containerized Workloads

Dido Solutions, Inc. and Jackrabbit Consulting, Inc.

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

• Securely configured
• Highly available
• Compliant with an applicable 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 Provider Implementation

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.