Articles on dockershim Removal and on Using CRI-compatible Runtimes
This is a list of articles and other pages that are either about the Kubernetes' deprecation and removal of dockershim, or about using CRI-compatible container runtimes, in connection with that removal.
Kubernetes project
Kubernetes blog: Dockershim Removal FAQ (originally published 2020/12/02)
Kubernetes blog: Updated: Dockershim Removal FAQ (updated published 2022/02/17)
Kubernetes blog: Kubernetes is Moving on From Dockershim: Commitments and Next Steps (published 2022/01/07)
Kubernetes blog: Dockershim removal is coming. Are you ready? (published 2021/11/12)
Kubernetes documentation: Migrating from dockershim
Kubernetes documentation: Container Runtimes
Kubernetes enhancement proposal: KEP-2221: Removing dockershim from kubelet
Kubernetes enhancement proposal issue: Removing dockershim from kubelet (k/enhancements#2221)
You can provide feedback via the GitHub issue Dockershim removal feedback & issues. (k/kubernetes/#106917)
External sources
Amazon Web Services EKS documentation: Amazon EKS is ending support for Dockershim
CNCF conference video: Lessons Learned Migrating Kubernetes from Docker to containerd Runtime (Ana Caylin, at KubeCon Europe 2019)
Docker.com blog: What developers need to know about Docker, Docker Engine, and Kubernetes v1.20 (published 2020/12/04)
"Google Open Source" channel on YouTube: Learn Kubernetes with Google - Migrating from Dockershim to Containerd
Microsoft Apps on Azure blog: Dockershim deprecation and AKS (published 2022/01/21)
Mirantis blog: The Future of Dockershim is cri-dockerd (published 2021/04/21)
Mirantis: Mirantis/cri-dockerd Git repository (on GitHub)
Tripwire: How Dockershim’s Forthcoming Deprecation Affects Your Kubernetes (published 2021/07/01)