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If you want to learn about Kata Containers, visit the main
[Kata Containers website](https://katacontainers.io).
-For further details on the older (first generation) Kata Containers 1.x
-versions, see the
-[Kata Containers 1.x components](#kata-containers-1x-components)
-section.
-
## Introduction
Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a
@@ -51,69 +46,34 @@ Please raise an issue
> **Note:**
> If you are reporting a security issue, please follow the [vulnerability reporting process](https://github.com/kata-containers/community#vulnerability-handling)
-#### Kata Containers 1.x versions
-
-For older Kata Containers 1.x releases, please raise an issue in the
-[Kata Containers 1.x component repository](#kata-containers-1x-components)
-that seems most appropriate.
-
-If in doubt, raise an issue
-[in the Kata Containers 1.x runtime repository](https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/issues).
-
## Developers
### Components
+### Main components
+
+The table below lists the core parts of the project:
+
| Component | Type | Description |
|-|-|-|
-| [agent-ctl](tools/agent-ctl) | utility | Tool that provides low-level access for testing the agent. |
+| [runtime](src/runtime) | core | Main component run by a container manager and providing a containerd shimv2 runtime implementation. |
| [agent](src/agent) | core | Management process running inside the virtual machine / POD that sets up the container environment. |
| [documentation](docs) | documentation | Documentation common to all components (such as design and install documentation). |
-| [osbuilder](tools/osbuilder) | infrastructure | Tool to create "mini O/S" rootfs and initrd images for the hypervisor. |
-| [packaging](tools/packaging) | infrastructure | Scripts and metadata for producing packaged binaries
(components, hypervisors, kernel and rootfs). |
-| [runtime](src/runtime) | core | Main component run by a container manager and providing a containerd shimv2 runtime implementation. |
-| [trace-forwarder](src/trace-forwarder) | utility | Agent tracing helper. |
+| [tests](https://github.com/kata-containers/tests) | tests | Excludes unit tests which live with the main code. |
-#### Kata Containers 1.x components
+### Additional components
-For the first generation of Kata Containers (1.x versions), each component was
-kept in a separate repository.
-
-For information on the Kata Containers 1.x releases, see the
-[Kata Containers 1.x releases page](https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime/releases).
-
-For further information on particular Kata Containers 1.x components, see the
-individual component repositories:
+The table below lists the remaining parts of the project:
| Component | Type | Description |
|-|-|-|
-| [agent](https://github.com/kata-containers/agent) | core | See [components](#components). |
-| [documentation](https://github.com/kata-containers/documentation) | documentation | |
-| [KSM throttler](https://github.com/kata-containers/ksm-throttler) | optional core | Daemon that monitors containers and deduplicates memory to maximize container density on the host. |
-| [osbuilder](https://github.com/kata-containers/osbuilder) | infrastructure | See [components](#components). |
-| [packaging](https://github.com/kata-containers/packaging) | infrastructure | See [components](#components). |
-| [proxy](https://github.com/kata-containers/proxy) | core | Multiplexes communications between the shims, agent and runtime. |
-| [runtime](https://github.com/kata-containers/runtime) | core | See [components](#components). |
-| [shim](https://github.com/kata-containers/shim) | core | Handles standard I/O and signals on behalf of the container process. |
-
-> **Note:**
->
-> - There are more components for the original Kata Containers 1.x implementation.
-> - The current implementation simplifies the design significantly:
-> compare the [current](docs/design/architecture.md) and
-> [previous generation](https://github.com/kata-containers/documentation/blob/master/design/architecture.md)
-> designs.
-
-### Common repositories
-
-The following repositories are used by both the current and first generation Kata Containers implementations:
-
-| Component | Description | Current | First generation | Notes |
-|-|-|-|-|-|
-| CI | Continuous Integration configuration files and scripts. | [Kata 2.x](https://github.com/kata-containers/ci/tree/master) | [Kata 1.x](https://github.com/kata-containers/ci/tree/master) | |
-| kernel | The Linux kernel used by the hypervisor to boot the guest image. | [Kata 2.x][kernel] | [Kata 1.x][kernel] | Patches are stored in the packaging component. |
-| tests | Test code. | [Kata 2.x](https://github.com/kata-containers/tests/tree/main) | [Kata 1.x](https://github.com/kata-containers/tests/tree/main) | Excludes unit tests which live with the main code. |
-| www.katacontainers.io | Contains the source for the [main web site](https://www.katacontainers.io). | [Kata 2.x][github-katacontainers.io] | [Kata 1.x][github-katacontainers.io] | | |
+| [packaging](tools/packaging) | infrastructure | Scripts and metadata for producing packaged binaries
(components, hypervisors, kernel and rootfs). |
+| [kernel](https://www.kernel.org) | kernel | Linux kernel used by the hypervisor to boot the guest image. Patches are stored [here](tools/packaging/kernel). |
+| [osbuilder](tools/osbuilder) | infrastructure | Tool to create "mini O/S" rootfs and initrd images and kernel for the hypervisor. |
+| [`agent-ctl`](tools/agent-ctl) | utility | Tool that provides low-level access for testing the agent. |
+| [`trace-forwarder`](src/trace-forwarder) | utility | Agent tracing helper. |
+| [`ci`](https://github.com/kata-containers/ci) | CI | Continuous Integration configuration files and scripts. |
+| [`katacontainers.io`](https://github.com/kata-containers/www.katacontainers.io) | Source for the [`katacontainers.io`](https://www.katacontainers.io) site. |
### Packaging and releases
diff --git a/docs/install/README.md b/docs/install/README.md
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[hardware requirements](/src/runtime/README.md#hardware-requirements)
to see if your system is capable of running Kata Containers.
-## Legacy installation
-
-If you wish to install a legacy 1.x version of Kata Containers, see
-[the Kata Containers 1.x installation documentation](https://github.com/kata-containers/documentation/tree/master/install/).
-
## Packaged installation methods
> **Notes:**