[Feature] Support ContainerD on Windows AKS

[keikhara]

ContainerD will be replacing docker on Windows server 2019. Customers will need to redeploy their applications on a different nodepool with ContainerD support.

[ghost]

@immuzz, @keikhara would you be able to assist?

Issue Details

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ContainerD will be replacing docker on Windows server 2019. Customers will need to redeploy their applications on a different nodepool with ContainerD support.

Author:	keikhara
Assignees:	keikhara
Labels:	feature, windows
Milestone:	-

[brobichaud]

This issue implies that the recently GA'd containerD support in AKS applies only to linux nodepools, is that true? In all the references to containerD in AKS docs and release notes nowhere have I seen that this does not apply to Windows. Is this an oversight or a case of the outdated "linux only" mindset?

The one comment I can find that might indicate linux only is "To use containerd as the container runtime you must use AKS Ubuntu 18.04 as your base OS image" found here. But it's subtle, as one could read that as meaning "if you're running linux then...". Even the seemingly thorough "Containerd limitations/differences" section on that same page makes no mention of this being linux only.

[ghost]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any activity for 60 days. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within 15 days of this comment.

[ghost]

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had any activity for 60 days. It will be closed if no further activity occurs within 15 days of this comment.

[ghost]

This issue will now be closed because it hasn't had any activity for 15 days after stale. keikhara feel free to comment again on the next 7 days to reopen or open a new issue after that time if you still have a question/issue or suggestion.

[zhiweiv]

Any ETA?

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[mainred]

Hi @zhiweiv , we announced the Windows containerd support public preview on May 25. We plan to GA Windows containerd in the fourth Quater of this year, BUT we need to evaluate the success rate of the feature and feature coverage of our customers first.

[zhiweiv]

@mainred
From the AKS release note

Windows containerd support on AKS are available in 3 regions (eastus, uksouth, and westcentralus) today.

Do you know when it will be available in southeast asia?

[mainred]

@zhiweiv , Windows containerd is available in all Azure public cloud regions now.

[zhiweiv]

We plan to GA Windows containerd in the fourth Quater of this year, BUT we need to evaluate the success rate of the feature and feature coverage of our customers first.

@mainred
Does the ETA of GA remain unchanged? We have running Windows Containerd in testing env without problem since preview.

[mainred]

@zhiweiv , glad to hear you are using Windows containerd. We are on the way to GA Windows containerd, the ETA is November. cc our PM @justindavies

[zhiweiv]

Any news?

[mainred]

AKS will roll out the release including Windows containerd GA next week, and this change will take two weeks or so to be available in all regions, like Dec 17th for reference, but please wait for our PM @justindavies's official announcement, and thanks for your patience.