The Container Infrastructure OS
Flatcar Container Linux is designed from the ground up for running container workloads. It fully embraces the container paradigm, including only what is required to run containers.
Minimal & Focused. Only the essential tools to run your containers—eliminating bloat. No package manager, no configuration drift.
Fortress-Level Security. An immutable, read-only filesystem that drastically minimizes attack surfaces, giving you the confidence to scale without compromise.
Effortless, Automated Updates. Atomic, hands-free updates ensure your system is always at peak security and performance, freeing you to focus on growth.
Flatcar Container Linux is designed from the ground up for running container workloads. It fully embraces the container paradigm, including only what is required to run containers.
Your immutable infrastructure deserves an immutable Linux OS. With Flatcar Container Linux, you manage your infrastructure, not your configuration.
Flatcar Container Linux includes tools to manage large-scale, global infrastructure. You can manage update polices, versions and group instances with ease.
With containers, dependencies are packaged and delivered in container images. This makes package managers unnecessary and simplifies the OS.
Flatcar Container Linux's built-in security features, minimal design and automated updates provide a strong foundation for your infrastructure's security strategy.
Running the latest security patches is crucial to removing potential vulnerabilities. Flatcar Container Linux’s automated updates does this for you.
By making the system partition read-only, Flatcar Container Linux eliminates a whole class of high-impact security vulnerabilities.
Flatcar Container Linux includes only what is required to run containers. By minimizing the size and complexity of the OS, the attack surface is also reduced.
With Flatcar Container Linux, you'll always be running the most stable, secure and up-to-date Flatcar version by taking advantage of the automated, atomic update feature.
Flatcar Container Linux uses the same reliable update mechanism as Google’s ChromeOS to provide safe, secure and automated system updates.
With Flatcar Container Linux’s automated updates, you’ll benefit from always running the most stable, secure and feature-rich version of the OS.
The Nebraska update server allows for defining instance groups, assigning update channels and controlling the frequency, time of day and rate of updates.