Concepts

This section covers some concepts that are important to understand for day to day Score usage and operation.

This section is recommended reading for anyone consuming or operating Score.

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Container

A container is a ready-to-run software package that bundles up an application’s code together with any runtime it requires: system tools, libraries, and default values for any essential settings.

Dependencies

The Score Specification can define one or more dependencies required by the Workload to run.

Environment-specific configuration

Pass environment-specific configurations to the Workload during a deployment.

Score

Score is made up of two components, the Score Specification file and the Score implementation CLI tool.

Workload

A Workload is a deployable application made up of one or more containers that runs in the same context and share resources, dependencies and networks.