1 Ecosystem Choices

Note

The three big decisions: immutable OS, container runtime, and identity provider. Everything else follows from these.

1.1 bootc and CentOS Stream

1.2 Podman over Docker

1.3 Authentik over the alternatives

See Chapter 7 for the full evaluation and deployment guide.

# Ecosystem Choices

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The three big decisions: immutable OS, container runtime, and identity provider. Everything else follows from these.
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## bootc and CentOS Stream

## Podman over Docker

## Authentik over the alternatives

See @sec-authentication for the full evaluation and deployment guide.