What is runc in the Docker stack and what standard does it implement?

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What is runc in the Docker stack and what standard does it implement?

Key points

  • runc is a low-level runtime for Docker containers
  • It adheres to the OCI Runtime Specification
  • It interacts with the Linux kernel to manage containers
  • runc is not a network configuration tool or image format converter

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