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Task Drivers are used to integrate with the host OS to run tasks in Nomad.
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# Task Drivers
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Task drivers are used by Nomad clients to execute a task and provide resource
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isolation. By having extensible task drivers, Nomad has the flexibility to
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support a broad set of workloads across all major operating systems.
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The list of supported task drivers is provided on the left of this page.
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Each task driver documents the configuration available in a
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[job specification](/docs/job-specification/index.html), the environments it
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can be used in, and the resource isolation mechanisms available.
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Nomad strives to mask the details of running a task from users and instead
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provides a clean abstraction. It is possible for the same task to be executed
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with different isolation levels depending on the client running the task.
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The goal is to use the strictest isolation available and gracefully degrade
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protections where necessary.
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