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# images/base

This directory contains sources for building the `kind` base "node" image.

The image can be built with `kind build base`.

## Maintenance

This image needs to do a number of unusual things to support running systemd, 
nested containers, and Kubernetes. All of what we do and why we do it 
is documented inline in the [Dockerfile](./Dockerfile).

If you make any changes to this image, please continue to document exactly 
why we do what we do, citing upstream documentation where possible.

See also [`pkg/cluster`](./../../pkg/cluster) for logic that interacts with this image.

## Design

See [base-image](https://kind.sigs.k8s.io/docs/design/base-image/) for more design details.
