From: Brandon Philips Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2016 01:22:38 +0000 (-0700) Subject: README: add some more details on what CNI is X-Git-Url: https://git.halfball.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d5a8ec90293d37ced585586334367558e3d4f073;p=cni.git README: add some more details on what CNI is We needed a bit more intro material to scope what CNI does. Here is my attempt. --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index ada5837..58fcc2f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ CNI, the _Container Network Interface_, is a proposed standard for configuring network interfaces for Linux application containers. The standard consists of a simple specification for how executable plugins can be used to configure network namespaces; this repository also contains a go library implementing that specification. +CNI concerns itself with setting up network connectivity of containers and removing allocated resources when the container is deleted. +Because of this focus CNI has a wide range of support and the specification is simple to implement. + The specification itself is contained in [SPEC.md](SPEC.md). ## Why develop CNI?