diff --git a/common/include/villas/utils.hpp b/common/include/villas/utils.hpp
index 0e63d388f..86cd6afe0 100644
--- a/common/include/villas/utils.hpp
+++ b/common/include/villas/utils.hpp
@@ -209,6 +209,16 @@ int uuid_generate_from_str(uuid_t out, const std::string &data, const uuid_t ns)
 /** Generate an UUID by MD5 hashing the serialized representation of the provided JSON object */
 int uuid_generate_from_json(uuid_t out, json_t *json, const uuid_t ns);
 
+/** Check if process is running inside a Docker container */
+
+bool is_docker();
+
+/** Check if process is running inside a Kubernetes container */
+bool is_kubernetes();
+
+/** Check if process is running inside a containerized environment */
+bool is_container();
+
 namespace base64 {
 
 using byte = std::uint8_t;
diff --git a/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp b/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp
index 775bb1a9c..c48db41f8 100644
--- a/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/kernel/kernel.cpp
@@ -260,14 +260,12 @@ int villas::kernel::get_nr_hugepages()
 int villas::kernel::set_nr_hugepages(int nr)
 {
 	FILE *f;
-	int ret;
 
 	f = fopen(PROCFS_PATH "/sys/vm/nr_hugepages", "w");
 	if (!f) {
 		auto logger = logging.get("kernel");
 
-		ret = access("/.dockerenv", F_OK);
-		if (ret != -1) {
+		if (is_container()) {
 			logger->warn("This functionality is unavailable in this mode. Please run the Docker container in the privileged mode:");
 			logger->warn("    $ docker run --privilged ...");
 		}
diff --git a/common/lib/utils.cpp b/common/lib/utils.cpp
index f2fc3b17d..8afb6efb7 100644
--- a/common/lib/utils.cpp
+++ b/common/lib/utils.cpp
@@ -420,5 +420,20 @@ int uuid_generate_from_json(uuid_t out, json_t *json, const uuid_t ns)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+bool is_docker()
+{
+	return access("/.dockerenv", F_OK) != -1;
+}
+
+bool is_kubernetes()
+{
+	return access("/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io", F_OK) != -1 ||
+	       getenv("KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST") != nullptr;
+}
+
+bool is_container() {
+	return is_docker() || is_kubernetes();
+}
+
 } /* namespace utils */
 } /* namespace villas */