What Containerd 2.0 Means for Production Environments

Learn about the significant changes and improvements in containerd 2.0 through this technical talk presented by Samuel Karp from Google at a CNCF event. Explore the first major update since the 2017 release of containerd 1.0.0, discovering new features, extension points, and backends for image operations and CRI designed to enhance flexibility and workload efficiency. Understand how to effectively prepare production environments for containerd 2.0 implementation, including practical strategies for integrating new functionality and identifying potential impacts from deprecated features before upgrading. Master the transition process through detailed explanations of modern replacements for removed features and gain insights into optimizing container runtime operations in cloud-native environments.