---
title: "Runtimes"
linkTitle: "Runtimes"
weight: 8
no_list: true
description: >
  Configuring various container runtimes
aliases:
  - /docs/reference/runtimes
---
Kubernetes requires a container runtime to be installed.

Here is what's supported:

## containerd

* [containerd]({{<ref "containerd.md">}})

## cri-o

* [cri-o]({{<ref "cri-o.md">}})

## docker

* [docker]({{<ref "docker.md">}})

