Java 17: What’s new in OpenJDK's container awareness

56 · Red Hat · April 19, 2022, 7:24 a.m.
OpenJDK has been aware of Linux containers (such as Docker and Podman, as well as container orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes) for some time. By container awareness, we mean that OpenJDK detects when it is running inside a container. In this article, you'll learn why container awareness is useful, what has changed recently in that area of OpenJDK, and what diagnostic options are available to help developers gain insight into how the JVM determines settings. OpenJDK's container awarenes...