# What is this Image?
This image is part of, and for use with, the Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment.
# What is the Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment?
Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment is a fully integrated suite for the development and management of cloud-native applications. Based on the Open Container Initiative and Cloud Native Computing Foundation standards, Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment delivers a simplified framework for installations, updates, upgrades and configuration of key features for orchestrating microservices.
Kubernetes is used to deploy and manage containers in an Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment. The Kubernetes module for the Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment is the core module, and automatically installs and configures CRI-O, runC and Kata Containers. The term module in the Oracle Linux Cloud Native environment refers to a packaged software component that can be deployed to provide both core and optional cluster-wide functionality.
# Using the Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment Images
These images are automatically downloaded by the Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment Platform Agent as part of the installation process and are not intended to be downloaded manually.
For information on using these images to deploy an Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment, including the Kubernetes module, see the [Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment documentation](https://docs.oracle.com/en/operating-systems/olcne/).