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CRI-O cri-o 2019-05-14 https://cri-o.io/#what-is-cri-o A lightweight container runtime specifically for Kubernetes
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A tool that lets you use OCI container runtimes with Kubernetes CRI.

CRI-O is an implementation of the {{< glossary_tooltip term_id="cri" >}} to enable using {{< glossary_tooltip text="container" term_id="container" >}} runtimes that are compatible with the Open Container Initiative (OCI) runtime spec.

Deploying CRI-O allows Kubernetes to use any OCI-compliant runtime as the container runtime for running {{< glossary_tooltip text="Pods" term_id="pod" >}}, and to fetch OCI container images from remote registries.