Re: [MirageOS-devel] Mirage OS and Docker

[Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A longer response later, but I've been experimenting with using Docker to make 
the Linux->unikernel transition much more seamless. Docker hits its limits when 
kernel modules get involved, but is very useful to capture the development 
environment.

There's also some tiein with Irminsule and Dockers storage API.  I'll see if I 
can cook up a few demos before the hackathon.

One project that both complements and takes the wind out of Dockers sails 
slightly is Andy Rays iocamljs (which would let unikernels be compiled entirely 
within a web browser). It's a bit mad, but surprisingly fast.

Anil

> On 23 Apr 2014, at 18:46, Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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