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+title: Container runtime interface (CRI)
+id: cri
+date: 2019-03-07
+full_link: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/components/#container-runtime
+short_description: >
+    An API for container runtimes to integrate with kubelet
+
+
+aka:
+tags:
+- fundamental
+---
+The container runtime interface (CRI) is an an API for container runtimes
+to integrate with kubelet on a node.
+<!--more-->
+
+For more information, see the [CRI](https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/contributors/devel/sig-node/container-runtime-interface.md) API and specifications.