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What's MacOS's version of LXC? Windows Server Containers look like a plausible foundation, but really new.

• pjmlp 10y ago
  Mac OS X has an hypervisor framework, which is also used by Docker https://github.com/docker/hyperkit https://github.com/docker/hyperkit https://developer.apple.com/reference/hypervisor https://developer.apple.com/reference/hypervisor Also there is App Sandbox for writing safer applications, but it requires programming explicitly against it. https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Security/Conceptual/AppSandboxDesignGuide/AboutAppSandbox/AboutAppSandbox.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011183-CH1-SW1 https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Se...
  • jfoutz 10y ago
    But a hypervisor is a full VM. LXC, and Windows containers provide that funky process level virtualization. I guess the point i'm trying to make, there will be no "native" docker for MacOS. You'll always (or for the foreseeable future) have to start a linux VM (mabye windows?!?) to host the processes.
    • pjmlp 10y ago
      Windows containers are based on Hyper-V. As for Mac OS, I use it for Cocoa and iOS development, so no experience with containers as such.
      • jfoutz 10y ago
        Nah, MS added a lightweight version with no hyper-v https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/about/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowsconta...
        • pjmlp 10y ago
          Have to look it better then, thanks.