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Kata Containers - Secure, Lightweight Container Virtual Machines
An open source project building lightweight VMs that provide the workload isolation and security of VMs with the speed and feel of containers. Ideal for security-sensitive or untrusted workloads.
Rust
Added on 2025年6月15日6,326
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Summary
Kata Containers is an open source project creating a secure, high-performance container runtime that utilizes lightweight virtual machines to provide enhanced isolation and security for containerized applications.
Problem Solved
Addresses the security gap in traditional containers (which share the host kernel) while avoiding the overhead and slow startup times of traditional virtual machines.
Core Features
Lightweight VM Isolation
Provides strong isolation between containers using dedicated lightweight virtual machines.
Container-like Performance & Speed
VMs boot rapidly, allowing containers to start in milliseconds, similar to traditional container runtimes.
Standard Container Runtime Integration
Integrates with standard container runtimes like containerd and CRI-O.
Per-Pod Kernel Isolation
Each pod/container group gets its own minimal kernel, providing enhanced security over shared kernels.
Tech Stack
QEMU
KVM
Firecracker
containerd
CRI-O
Linux Kernel
Go
使用场景
Kata Containers are suitable for various use cases where enhanced security and isolation for containerized workloads are critical.
Multi-tenant Environments
Details
Run applications from different, potentially untrusted users or teams on the same infrastructure with strong VM-level isolation.
User Value
Provides robust security boundaries between tenants, reducing the risk of breaches.
Running Untrusted Workloads
Details
Isolate critical or sensitive microservices from less trusted components within a larger application architecture.
User Value
Minimizes the attack surface and potential impact of a compromise in one service on others.
Secure Serverless Computing
Details
Enhance the security of serverless function execution environments by isolating each function invocation.
User Value
Offers better security guarantees compared to shared execution environments.
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