The following is an overview of the different installation methods available.
Kata Containers 3.0 rust runtime requires nested virtualization or bare metal. Check hardware requirements to see if your system is capable of running Kata Containers.
Kata Containers 3.0 rust runtime currently runs on 64-bit systems supporting the following architectures:
Notes: For other architectures, see kata-containers#4320
Architecture | Virtualization technology |
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x86_64 |
Intel VT-x |
aarch64 ("arm64 ") |
ARM Hyp |
Installation method | Description | Automatic updates | Use case | Availability |
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Using kata-deploy | The preferred way to deploy the Kata Containers distributed binaries on a Kubernetes cluster | No! | Best way to give it a try on kata-containers on an already up and running Kubernetes cluster. | No |
Using official distro packages | Kata packages provided by Linux distributions official repositories | yes | Recommended for most users. | No |
Using snap | Easy to install | yes | Good alternative to official distro packages. | No |
Automatic | Run a single command to install a full system | No! | For those wanting the latest release quickly. | No |
Manual | Follow a guide step-by-step to install a working system | No! | For those who want the latest release with more control. | No |
Build from source | Build the software components manually | No! | Power users and developers only. | Yes |
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Download
Rustup
and installRust
Notes: Rust version 1.58 is needed
Example for
x86_64
$ curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh $ source $HOME/.cargo/env $ rustup install 1.58 $ rustup default 1.58-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
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Musl support for fully static binary
Example for
x86_64
$ rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
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Musl
libc
installExample for musl 1.2.3
$ curl -O https://git.musl-libc.org/cgit/musl/snapshot/musl-1.2.3.tar.gz $ tar vxf musl-1.2.3.tar.gz $ cd musl-1.2.3/ $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/ $ make && sudo make install
$ git clone https://github.com/kata-containers/kata-containers.git
$ cd kata-containers/src/runtime-rs
$ make && sudo make install
After running the command above, the default config file configuration.toml
will be installed under /usr/share/defaults/kata-containers/
, the binary file containerd-shim-kata-v2
will be installed under /user/local/bin
.
Follow the Kernel installation guide.
Follow the Rootfs installation guide.
Follow the Image installation guide.
Follow the Containerd installation guide.