Nomad is not a "container orchestrator" but a "task orchestrator", whereas containers can be one type of tasks. Others include Fork/Exec, Java, Podman, QEMU, VM

Nomad is not a "container orchestrator" but a "task orchestrator", whereas containers can be one type of tasks. Others include Fork/Exec, Java, Podman, QEMU, VMs and more (since it's easily extended). Checkout the full list here: https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/drivers https://www.nomadproject.io/docs/drivers My personal favorite is using the Firecracker driver for running Linux microvms.