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What native runtime is Open Container Initiative (OCI) compliant?

The correct answer is A. runC. runC is the reference implementation for the Open Container Initiative (OCI) Runtime Specification, making it a natively OCI-compliant runtime.

Submitted by saadiq_pk· May 4, 2026Kubernetes Fundamentals

Question

What native runtime is Open Container Initiative (OCI) compliant?

Options

  • ArunC
  • BrunV
  • Ckata-containers
  • Dgvisor

How the community answered

(26 responses)
  • A
    88% (23)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    8% (2)

Why each option

runC is the reference implementation for the Open Container Initiative (OCI) Runtime Specification, making it a natively OCI-compliant runtime.

ArunCCorrect

runC is a lightweight, portable container runtime that serves as the reference implementation for the Open Container Initiative (OCI) Runtime Specification. It is directly used by higher-level container runtimes like containerd and CRI-O to manage the lifecycle of individual containers, ensuring OCI compliance.

BrunV

runV is a container runtime for virtual machines, offering a different isolation model than runC.

Ckata-containers

Kata Containers is an open-source project that provides lightweight VMs that feel and perform like containers, but they integrate with OCI runtimes rather than being the native OCI runtime itself.

Dgvisor

gVisor is an application kernel that provides an isolation boundary between the running application and the host operating system, offering a different security model.

Concept tested: OCI compliant container runtimes

Source: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc

Topics

#OCI#Container Runtimes#runC#Container Standards

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