[MirageOS-devel] Mirage OS and Docker

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I don't know whether you have seen the Docker related thread on the 
publicity list. George, Stefano, Russell and the LF PR folks had a 
discussion about Docker and did a bit of superficial search work and it 
appears that using the packaging component of Docker to deploy Mirage OS 
VMs/driver domains/etc. could be an absolute winner. If the two could be 
somehow combined (not sure weather fesible), we could gain all the 
benefits of easy deployments of apps via Docker without any of the 
security disadvantages of containers.
I then came across http://voxoz.com/ and 
http://blog.docker.io/2013/09/powering-voxoz-ecosystem-with-docker/ 
which says that they are also experimenting with Mirage OS (besides 
ErlangOnXen and Rump Kernels). I am wondering whether a Docker / Mirage 
OS mashup (or more generally Cloud OS in the sense of application 
running directly within a Xen VM without OS) is doable, how hard it 
would be and how valuable it would be.
I just wanted to throw this onto the list and get opinions and see 
whether there is maybe a discussion to be had at the Hackathon. I 
scheduled a session for now: see 
http://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/Hackathon/May2014#Using_Docker_to_deploy_driver_domains.2C_service_VMs.2C_Mirage_OS_VMs.2C_and_friends_-_Can_it_be_done.3F
Input and views are very welcome

Regards
Lars

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