# Container Linux image

The [Container Linux Operating System](https://coreos.com/why/) is a Linux distribution optimized for running containers securely at scale.
CoreOS provides [a Container Linux image](https://coreos.com/os/docs/latest/booting-on-google-compute-engine.html) for Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

This folder contains configuration and tooling to allow kube-up to create a Kubernetes cluster on Google Cloud Platform running on the official Container Linux image.

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