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Docker runs natively on Windows as well as Linux, with no hypervisor. There is a Solaris port being worked on (unless it got cancelled). We would love an upstre
by justincormack 10y ago
Docker runs natively on Windows as well as Linux, with no hypervisor. There is a Solaris port being worked on (unless it got cancelled). We would love an upstream FreeBSD port, I have talked to a few people who are interested in working on it. The ZFS side should be fine as there is already support, and the old port should be useful as a basis.
- johnsmith21006 10y agoContainers use the Linux kernel. How does a Linux container run native on Windows? Are the entry points mapped? How does Windows enable shared read between containers? With Linux it is the dir path and then inodes. How does Windows pull this off? How does SElinux work? What is exposed inside Windows?
- justincormack 10y agoWindows containers use the Windows kernel. Windows does not have SELinux so of course that is not supported. It runs Windows program not Linux programs, so there is no mapping of entry points. There is lots of docs from Microsoft eg https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick-start/quick-start-windows-server https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowsconta...