CRI-O
E184353
CRI-O is a lightweight, Kubernetes-focused container runtime that implements the Container Runtime Interface to run Open Container Initiative (OCI) compatible containers.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| CRI-O canonical | 14 |
| CRI-O container runtime | 1 |
| CRI-O project | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1636521 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CRI-O Context triple: [Kubernetes, supportsRuntime, CRI-O]
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A.
Fedora CoreOS
Fedora CoreOS is an automatically updating, minimal, container-focused operating system designed for running containerized workloads at scale.
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B.
crosvm
crosvm is a lightweight, security-focused virtual machine monitor developed by Google to run Linux and other workloads efficiently and safely on ChromeOS.
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C.
Docker
Docker is an open-source platform that uses containerization to package, distribute, and run applications consistently across different computing environments.
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D.
LXD
LXD is a system container and virtual machine manager that provides a user-friendly, image-based way to run and manage Linux environments.
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E.
CNI
CNI is the stock ticker symbol for Canadian National Railway, a major North American freight railway company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: CRI-O Target entity description: CRI-O is a lightweight, Kubernetes-focused container runtime that implements the Container Runtime Interface to run Open Container Initiative (OCI) compatible containers.
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A.
Fedora CoreOS
Fedora CoreOS is an automatically updating, minimal, container-focused operating system designed for running containerized workloads at scale.
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B.
crosvm
crosvm is a lightweight, security-focused virtual machine monitor developed by Google to run Linux and other workloads efficiently and safely on ChromeOS.
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C.
Docker
Docker is an open-source platform that uses containerization to package, distribute, and run applications consistently across different computing environments.
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D.
LXD
LXD is a system container and virtual machine manager that provides a user-friendly, image-based way to run and manage Linux environments.
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E.
CNI
CNI is the stock ticker symbol for Canadian National Railway, a major North American freight railway company listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Kubernetes container runtime
ⓘ
container runtime ⓘ open-source software ⓘ |
| compatibleWith |
Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface
ⓘ
linked to:
Container Runtime Interface
|
| designedFor |
Kubernetes clusters
ⓘ
linked to:
Kubernetes
|
| feature |
daemonless architecture
ⓘ
focus on stability and security ⓘ tight integration with Kubernetes CRI ⓘ |
| focusesOn | Kubernetes ⓘ |
| goal | provide lightweight alternative to Docker as Kubernetes runtime ⓘ |
| hostPlatform | Linux ⓘ |
| implements | Container Runtime Interface ⓘ |
| integratesWith | Container Network Interface ⓘ |
| license | Apache License 2.0 ⓘ |
| provides | minimal container runtime for Kubernetes ⓘ |
| repository | https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o ⓘ |
| supports |
AppArmor
ⓘ
CNI plugins ⓘ JSON file logging ⓘ Kubernetes CRI streaming (exec, attach, port-forward) ⓘ Kubernetes ephemeral containers ⓘ Kubernetes logging integration ⓘ Kubernetes metrics integration ⓘ Kubernetes networking via CNI ⓘ Kubernetes pod lifecycle management ⓘ Kubernetes pod security settings ⓘ Kubernetes resource limits and requests ⓘ Kubernetes runtime classes ⓘ
linked to:
Container Runtime Interface
Kubernetes sandbox pods ⓘ OCI images ⓘ OCI runtimes ⓘ Open Container Initiative compatible containers ⓘ SELinux ⓘ cgroups ⓘ image authentication ⓘ image management ⓘ image pulling from container registries ⓘ journald logging ⓘ seccomp profiles ⓘ systemd integration ⓘ user namespaces ⓘ |
| supportsRuntime |
Kata Containers
ⓘ
gVisor ⓘ runc ⓘ |
| usedBy |
OKD
ⓘ
linked to:
OpenShift Platform
Red Hat OpenShift ⓘ
linked to:
OpenShift Platform
various Kubernetes distributions ⓘ |
| usesByDefault | runc ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | Go ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: CRI-O Description of subject: CRI-O is a lightweight, Kubernetes-focused container runtime that implements the Container Runtime Interface to run Open Container Initiative (OCI) compatible containers.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: CRI-O
linked to: CRI-O