How To Install kata-containers on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install kata-containers in Fedora 36. kata-containers is Kata Containers version 2.x repository

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kata-containers on Fedora 36.

What is kata-containers

Kata Containers version 2.x repository. Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that feel and perform like containers, but provide the workload isolation and security advantages of VMs. https

We can use yum or dnf to install kata-containers on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install kata-containers.

Install kata-containers on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kata-containers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install kata-containers

Install kata-containers on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install kata-containers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install kata-containers

How To Uninstall kata-containers on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the kata-containers package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove kata-containers

kata-containers Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/crio/crio.conf.d/50-kata
/usr/bin/containerd-shim-kata-v2
/usr/bin/kata-collect-data.sh
/usr/bin/kata-monitor
/usr/bin/kata-runtime
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/fb60d9cc489b1d70f38c86cf34a0a77167e5b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/36f3366b1149d0a88ed903392b1b3eaabaa67a
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/89dc01660f6efce0a7a2f116a926608ac6b8eb
/usr/lib/systemd/system/kata-osbuilder-generate.service
/usr/libexec/kata-containers
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/VERSION
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/agent
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/agent/usr
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/agent/usr/bin
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/agent/usr/bin/kata-agent
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/agent/usr/lib
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/agent/usr/lib/systemd
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/agent/usr/lib/systemd/system
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/agent/usr/lib/systemd/system/kata-agent.service
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/agent/usr/lib/systemd/system/kata-containers.target
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/kata-netmon
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/dracut
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/dracut/Dockerfile.in
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/dracut/add_libs.sh
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/dracut/dracut.conf.d
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/dracut/dracut.conf.d/05-base.conf
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/dracut/dracut.conf.d/10-drivers.conf
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/dracut/dracut.conf.d/15-dracut-fedora.conf
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/image-builder
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/image-builder/Dockerfile
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/image-builder/README.md
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/image-builder/image_builder.sh
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/initrd-builder
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/initrd-builder/README.md
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/initrd-builder/initrd_builder.sh
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/kata-osbuilder.sh
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/nsdax
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/rootfs-builder
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/README.md
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/gentoo
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/gentoo/Dockerfile.in
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/gentoo/config.sh
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/gentoo/rootfs_lib.sh
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/rootfs.sh
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/scripts
/usr/libexec/kata-containers/osbuilder/scripts/lib.sh
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/kata-runtime
/usr/share/doc/kata-containers
/usr/share/doc/kata-containers/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/kata-containers/README.md
/usr/share/kata-containers
/usr/share/kata-containers/defaults
/usr/share/kata-containers/defaults/configuration.toml
/usr/share/licenses/kata-containers
/usr/share/licenses/kata-containers/LICENSE
/var/cache/kata-containers

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kata-containers on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).