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Features

• Virtualization-Based Isolation - Executes container workloads within dedicated lightweight virtual machines to provide strong security boundaries between the host and containerized processes.
• Container Runtime Interfaces - Maps standard container management commands to virtualized execution environments to ensure compatibility with existing orchestration systems.
• Virtual Machine Containers - Integrates virtual machine-based sandboxes into standard container orchestration systems as a drop-in replacement for traditional runtimes.
• Container Runtime Integrations - Provides adapters that enable the use of virtualized isolation layers within standard container management systems.
• Hypervisor-Based Runtimes - Abstracts hypervisor operations to deploy and manage containerized processes within dedicated virtualized environments.
• Lightweight VM Container Runtimes - Implements an OCI-compatible runtime that encapsulates containerized applications within lightweight virtual machines for enhanced security.
• Sandbox Lifecycle Management - Creates, starts, stops, and deletes virtual machine-based sandboxes that host containerized applications through a unified management interface.
• Workload Orchestration - Manages the lifecycle of individual containers within a sandbox, including starting, stopping, signaling, and executing commands.
• Hardware-Level Isolation - Provides hardware-level security isolation by executing containerized workloads within dedicated lightweight virtual machines.
• Storage Throughput Optimizers - Optimizes storage throughput by mapping host block devices directly to container filesystems, bypassing file-sharing overhead.
• Virtual Storage Managers - Mounts host storage into virtual machines using file-sharing protocols or direct block device mapping to optimize input and output performance.
• Container Management Translations - Maps host-level container management commands to virtualized guest requirements to ensure compatibility across execution layers.
• Centralized Configuration Management - Manages system behavior through centralized configuration files that support custom paths and environment-specific overrides.
• Backend Selection - Allows selection of preferred virtualization backends to balance performance and compatibility requirements for different deployment scenarios.
• Host-Container Resource Integration - Bridges isolated container environments with host-level networking to ensure seamless traffic flow between workloads and infrastructure.
• Direct Access Mappings - Mounts host storage directly into virtual machines to bypass file-sharing overhead and increase data transfer speeds.
• Host-Guest Communication Channels - Coordinates data exchange between the host runtime and guest operating systems to manage container processes and I/O streams.
• Input-Output Multiplexers - Uses a host-side proxy to manage input and output streams between the host and the guest when native virtualization limits direct access.
• Process Signal Management - Intercepts and manages system signals to ensure containers respond correctly to termination or interruption requests during their lifecycle.
• Virtual Storage Emulation - Maps host storage and block devices directly into virtualized container environments to optimize data transfer speeds for demanding workloads.
• Guest Agent RPCs - Coordinates tasks between the host runtime and the guest operating system to monitor processes and manage container lifecycle events.
• Container-Based Sandboxes - Manages the lifecycle of virtual machine-based sandboxes to provide secure isolation for container processes.
• Hypervisor Abstractions - Interfaces with various hypervisor implementations to manage the underlying virtual machine infrastructure required for container execution.

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