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by rckrd 3192 days ago
Kubernetes absolutely does not force you to use the docker runtime. In fact, there has been a lot of work to avoid this by creating the CRI[0].

Kubernetes also supports extensions like the Third Party Resource or their successor, Custom Resource Definitions. KubeVirt[1] is an example of extending resources to include VMs

[0] http://blog.kubernetes.io/2016/12/container-runtime-interfac...

[1] https://github.com/kubevirt/kubevirt
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oso2k 3192 days ago
And CRI-O [0] is another open project making head way in that space.

[0] https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/cri-o

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arianvanp 3191 days ago
CRI looks very interesting! Thanks for the pointer.
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