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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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Starting with Nomad 0.9, task drivers are now pluggable. This gives users the
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flexibility to introduce their own drivers without having to recompile Nomad.
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You can view the [plugin stanza][plugin] documentation for examples on how to
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use the `plugin` stanza in Nomad's client configuration. Note that we have
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introduced new syntax when specifying driver options in the client configuration
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(see [docker][docker_plugin] for an example). Keep in mind that even though all
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built-in drivers are now plugins, Nomad remains a single binary and maintains
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backwards compatibility except with the `lxc` driver.
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The list of supported task drivers is provided on the left of this page. Each
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task driver documents the configuration available in a [job
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specification](/docs/job-specification/index.html), the environments it can be
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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. The
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goal is to use the strictest isolation available and gracefully degrade
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protections where necessary.
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[plugin]: /docs/configuration/plugin.html
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[docker_plugin]: /docs/drivers/docker.html#client-requirements
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