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Looks very interesting. One thing I've been wanting is a VM that would contain a "minimized" version of an operating system, plus a single program, in addition

by tabeth 9y ago

Looks very interesting. One thing I've been wanting is a VM that would contain a "minimized" version of an operating system, plus a single program, in addition to the programs dependencies. I've looked into using Docker to do something like the above, but it didn't seem straightforward a few years ago. LightVM seems like it could be an option in the future.

inetknght 9y ago
see also #include <os>
yeukhon 9y ago
Isn’t that what Busybox supposed to be? There is Damn Small Linux. DSL was very pleasnt to play with! So sad it is no longer maintained.
kbenson 9y ago
SmartOS's LX branded zones seem kind of cool to me, and may hit an interest point for you. Basically, SmartOS is an OpenSolaris variant where they use Solaris Zones for docker images, but they've implemented a Linux syscall table API so you can create Linux "compatible" containers from a Solaris kernel (and also full access to ZFS, etc). You can see a talk here[1] where Bryan Cantrill goes over the reasons you might want to use containers, SmartOS and how LX branded zones. Warning though, he's an extremely engaging speaker, so not only are you likely to watch all of that 40 minute talk, but you might feel like binging on some other talks of his, so here you go.[2] 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coFIEH3vXPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coFIEH3vXPw 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&list=RDQMdV_4MNC5Crw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&list=RDQMdV_4MNC...
axelfontaine 9y ago
This is exactly what we provide at Boxfuse (https://boxfuse.com https://boxfuse.com), with the ability to run it on VirtualBox, Hyper-V and AWS.
- odammit 9y ago
  Hey!!! Thanks for FlyWay! Great project!
- Karrot_Kream 9y ago
  Wow this looks really cool.
fredrb 9y ago
What you're looking for is an Unikernel. The other comments pointed out some. IncludeOS is the best option so far IMO.

by tabeth 9y ago

inetknght 9y ago

see also #include <os>

yeukhon 9y ago

Isn’t that what Busybox supposed to be? There is Damn Small Linux. DSL was very pleasnt to play with! So sad it is no longer maintained.

kbenson 9y ago

SmartOS's LX branded zones seem kind of cool to me, and may hit an interest point for you. Basically, SmartOS is an OpenSolaris variant where they use Solaris Zones for docker images, but they've implemented a Linux syscall table API so you can create Linux "compatible" containers from a Solaris kernel (and also full access to ZFS, etc). You can see a talk here[1] where Bryan Cantrill goes over the reasons you might want to use containers, SmartOS and how LX branded zones. Warning though, he's an extremely engaging speaker, so not only are you likely to watch all of that 40 minute talk, but you might feel like binging on some other talks of his, so here you go.[2] 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coFIEH3vXPw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coFIEH3vXPw 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&list=RDQMdV_4MNC5Crw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zRN7XLCRhc&list=RDQMdV_4MNC...

axelfontaine 9y ago

This is exactly what we provide at Boxfuse (https://boxfuse.com https://boxfuse.com), with the ability to run it on VirtualBox, Hyper-V and AWS.

odammit 9y ago
Hey!!! Thanks for FlyWay! Great project!
Karrot_Kream 9y ago
Wow this looks really cool.

fredrb 9y ago

What you're looking for is an Unikernel. The other comments pointed out some. IncludeOS is the best option so far IMO.