# Container models

This page assumes working knowledge of containerized infrastructure and concepts like container images. If you are unfamiliar with these topics, we recommend reviewing the [Docker overview documentation ↗](https://docs.docker.com/get-started/).

Foundry allows users to package container images along with a [model adapter](../model-adapter-overview/index.md) to create a container-backed [Model](../../model-integration/models/index.md). The model is then consumable in Foundry as with non-container-backed models. Container-backed models are particularly useful if the models are especially large, pre-trained, written in a language Foundry does not natively support (such as R), or already containerized for other usage.

[Control Panel](../../administration/control-panel/index.md) houses all features around container governance, including [enabling container usage](../../administration/container-governance/index.md#enable-container-workflows) and [managing vulnerabilities](../../administration/container-governance/index.md#recall-vulnerabilities). If the container setting is not enabled, all Foundry jobs and deployments relying on imported containers will fail.

Once container workflows are enabled, the first step is to [create a model and begin pushing images into the platform](../upload-image-container-model/index.md).