Kubernetes and Checkpoint Restore

Kubernetes and Checkpoint Restore

Explore the concept of container migration in Kubernetes through this technical presentation by Adrian Reber from Red Hat. Delve into the history of Pod migration requests in Kubernetes and the role of Checkpoint/Restore in User-Space (CRIU) in enabling container checkpointing and restoration. Gain insights into the growing interest in container migration features despite the notion of containers being stateless. Learn about various use cases for checkpointing and restoring containers, the technical background of how CRIU enables container runtimes to perform these operations, and the roadmap for integrating checkpoint and restore functionality into Kubernetes.