# Design

Kata Containers design documents:

- [Kata Containers architecture](architecture)
- [API Design of Kata Containers](kata-api-design.md)
- [Design requirements for Kata Containers](kata-design-requirements.md)
- [VSocks](VSocks.md)
- [VCPU handling(in runtime-go)](vcpu-handling-runtime-go.md)
- [VCPU handling(in runtime-rs)](vcpu-handling-runtime-rs.md)
- [VCPU threads pinning](vcpu-threads-pinning.md)
- [Host cgroups](host-cgroups.md)
- [Agent systemd cgroup](agent-systemd-cgroup.md)
- [`Inotify` support](inotify.md)
- [`Hooks` support](hooks-handling.md)
- [Metrics(Kata 2.0)](kata-2-0-metrics.md)
- [Metrics in Rust Runtime(runtime-rs)](kata-metrics-in-runtime-rs.md)
- [Design for Kata Containers `Lazyload` ability with `nydus`](kata-nydus-design.md)
- [Design for direct-assigned volume](direct-blk-device-assignment.md)
- [Design for core-scheduling](core-scheduling.md)
- [Virtualization Reference Architecture](kata-vra.md)
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- [Design proposals](proposals)