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Modular unikernel designed to run applications securely on micro-VMs

55 points by nix23 6y ago

tilt_error 6y ago
These guys are really amazing. I have been following their work for quite some time, starting with my interest in unikernels and thus OSv. Take a look at Seastar (C*) [1] and ScyllaDB [2]. Some companies are powerhouses! [1] http://seastar.io http://seastar.io [2] https://www.scylladb.com https://www.scylladb.com
- nix23 6y ago
  Seastar is absolutely great!! https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/technology/seastar-library/ https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/technology/seastar-librar...
eatonphil 6y ago
If maintainers are around: the memcached graphic on the benchmark page is broken. Would love to see some more benchmarks too!
kosolam 6y ago
The project doesn’t seem to be active
- nix23 6y ago
  Oh it is: https://github.com/cloudius-systems/osv https://github.com/cloudius-systems/osv And it's part of MIKELANGELO, supported by the Horizon 2020 Framework program of the EU: https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/ https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/
anentropic 6y ago
It needs more and better documentation
ncmncm 6y ago
Could I, with reasonable effort, run such a VM on Qubes? In particular: could it be made to interact correctly with the domU X server? Qubes is on Xen, and has its appVMs run an X server that operate on bitmaps that the domU copies to corresponding regions of its own framebuffer, and is handfed input events by the domU; similarly, sound and camera traffic, and network packets. I am particularly thinking of e.g. a Firefox appVM that runs Firefox but not systemd; Or, transmission, or element-desktop. Running systemd, and a whole Linux kernel, in every appVM is a big drain on RAM. So I guess I would need library renditions of the processes Qubes wants to run in its AppVMs, that start a thread when first called. Trick is how to get the app in; maybe it is an "apt" unikernel image that switches to the installed /usr/bin image after running once.
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55 points by nix23 6y ago

These guys are really amazing. I have been following their work for quite some time, starting with my interest in unikernels and thus OSv. Take a look at Seastar (C*) [1] and ScyllaDB [2]. Some companies are powerhouses! [1] http://seastar.io http://seastar.io [2] https://www.scylladb.com https://www.scylladb.com

nix23 6y ago
Seastar is absolutely great!! https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/technology/seastar-library/ https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/technology/seastar-librar...

eatonphil 6y ago

If maintainers are around: the memcached graphic on the benchmark page is broken. Would love to see some more benchmarks too!

kosolam 6y ago

The project doesn’t seem to be active

nix23 6y ago
Oh it is: https://github.com/cloudius-systems/osv https://github.com/cloudius-systems/osv And it's part of MIKELANGELO, supported by the Horizon 2020 Framework program of the EU: https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/ https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/

anentropic 6y ago

It needs more and better documentation

ncmncm 6y ago

Could I, with reasonable effort, run such a VM on Qubes? In particular: could it be made to interact correctly with the domU X server? Qubes is on Xen, and has its appVMs run an X server that operate on bitmaps that the domU copies to corresponding regions of its own framebuffer, and is handfed input events by the domU; similarly, sound and camera traffic, and network packets. I am particularly thinking of e.g. a Firefox appVM that runs Firefox but not systemd; Or, transmission, or element-desktop. Running systemd, and a whole Linux kernel, in every appVM is a big drain on RAM. So I guess I would need library renditions of the processes Qubes wants to run in its AppVMs, that start a thread when first called. Trick is how to get the app in; maybe it is an "apt" unikernel image that switches to the installed /usr/bin image after running once.

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