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hermitux
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Linux as single app ?
unikernels maybe. e.g. there is HermiTux
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Ask HN: How are you using unikernels?
The definition of what a unikernel is needs to be narrowed down, a lot of these projects in the space (not all the ones listed above) have material differences that are not clear:
- some run only one language
- some require recompilation
- some essentially swap out libraries, others do something closer to dropping your already mostly static binary in a minimal disk image
- some build pid1 processes, others VMs images
Anyway, here are some additional entries in the space:
- https://ssrg-vt.github.io/hermitux/
- https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit (more embedded/minimal VM than unikernel)
- https://nabla-containers.github.io/ (runs on Solo5)
I am going through using Linuxkit to build AMIs for cloud providers now. I wouldn’t necessarily class linuxkit as a universal project because it doesn’t have the hallmark blurring of user and kernel space or kernel-as-a-library but you can customize the kernel so it’s an adjacent idea, and I think it’s the one most likely to be in actual use at non-hyperscalers.
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All about thread-local storage
What do you think of this, then? https://github.com/ssrg-vt/hermitux/wiki/Fast-system-calls-i...
I just had this in mind because skimmed it a few hours ago in the context of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26142285
linuxkit
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Gokrazy – Go Appliances
Another project that aims to deliver this is Linuxkit (https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit). All the components they ship are written in memory safe languages (usually Go) and run as containers under containerd. You can build a custom image very easily, fully defined as a YAML file.
- How to connect to a docker container service when it's running on a mac?
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An overview of single-purpose Linux distributions
docker-the-company maintained https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit when I worked there. I have no idea who maintains it now, but it looks like it is still active (presumably still docker-the-company, since their adopters list [1] lists docker desktop).
[1]: https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit/blob/master/ADOPTERS.md
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Create a minimalist OS using Docker Containers and Hashicorp Packer
LF-Edge EVE project leverages Linuxkit to create custom OSs for Edge Devices which in turn leverages Containers as Lego Blocks
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RootFS Tooling
LinuxKit - Docker
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Unpopular opinion: I was promised lightweight containers but I got yet another VM
Behind the scenes Docker Desktop for Mac spawns a linuxkit VM with a bit of extra stuff like NFS to enable mounting Mac paths into containers. In the Docker Desktop settings you'll find the current resource assignment for that VM. That is pretty much reserved for docker so that it does not have to compete with MacOS processes for available resources.
- Open source components of Docker for Mac
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What happened to the nice Ansible cloud (provisioning) listing?
That said... you might want to check out linuxkit
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Ask HN: How are you using unikernels?
The definition of what a unikernel is needs to be narrowed down, a lot of these projects in the space (not all the ones listed above) have material differences that are not clear:
- some run only one language
- some require recompilation
- some essentially swap out libraries, others do something closer to dropping your already mostly static binary in a minimal disk image
- some build pid1 processes, others VMs images
Anyway, here are some additional entries in the space:
- https://ssrg-vt.github.io/hermitux/
- https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit (more embedded/minimal VM than unikernel)
- https://nabla-containers.github.io/ (runs on Solo5)
I am going through using Linuxkit to build AMIs for cloud providers now. I wouldn’t necessarily class linuxkit as a universal project because it doesn’t have the hallmark blurring of user and kernel space or kernel-as-a-library but you can customize the kernel so it’s an adjacent idea, and I think it’s the one most likely to be in actual use at non-hyperscalers.
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Unikraft: Fast, Specialized Unikernels the Easy Way
I believe there is growing interest in providing leaner, "trimmed" runtimes for services deployed to the cloud. Today, this is seen largely by specializing the Linux kernel for, for example, container services[0] or in general[1], as much as that is possible (the paper above covers this problem in greater detail). But, Unikernels in themselves are not yet widely adopted. This is the space Unikraft is aiming to enter, providing the ultimate level of specialization for a target application.
It's clear that bigger players, such as Red Hat[2] are interested in the topic of unikernels, and that cloud providers are preparing for this future too [3].
[0]: https://github.com/linuxkit/linuxkit
What are some alternatives?
unikraft - A next-generation cloud native kernel designed to unlock best-in-class performance, security primitives and efficiency savings.
nanos - A kernel designed to run one and only one application in a virtualized environment
click - The Click modular router: fast modular packet processing and analysis
lxd - Powerful system container and virtual machine manager [Moved to: https://github.com/canonical/lxd]
unik - The Unikernel & MicroVM Compilation and Deployment Platform
mirage - MirageOS is a library operating system that constructs unikernels
busybox - Docker Official Image packaging for Busybox
kata-containers - Kata Containers is an open source project and community working to build a standard implementation of lightweight Virtual Machines (VMs) that feel and perform like containers, but provide the workload isolation and security advantages of VMs. https://katacontainers.io/
app-llama2-c - Llama 2 Everywhere (L2E)
firecracker-container