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 # Runtime Configuration
 
+## Hooks
+
+Lifecycle of a container's runtime, for setup and teardown.
+Presently there are `Prestart` and `Poststop`.
+
+* `Prestart` is a list of hooks to be run before the container process is executed
+* `Poststop` is a list of hooks to be run after the container process exits
+	
 ## Mount Configuration
 
 Additional filesystems can be declared as "mounts", specified in the *mounts* object.