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Containers hosting hardware virtual machines running Windows, FreeBSD, or others Can't we just describe VMs as VMs and be done with it? So it's a container tha
by gtirloni 11y ago
Containers hosting hardware virtual machines running Windows, FreeBSD, or others
Can't we just describe VMs as VMs and be done with it? So it's a container that has a VM inside it?
- bcantrill 11y agoNo, it's not -- a Triton container is a SmartOS container running an LX-branded zone.[1][2] [1] http://www.slideshare.net/bcantrill/illumos-lx http://www.slideshare.net/bcantrill/illumos-lx [2] https://www.joyent.com/blog/triton-docker-and-the-best-of-all-worlds https://www.joyent.com/blog/triton-docker-and-the-best-of-al... Edit: I think I misunderstood the question -- apologies!
- jclulow 11y agoYes, the QEMU process that underpins the hardware virtual machine lives within a container on the host. It means that a vulnerability in QEMU that allows for guest escape will land you in an otherwise empty container, rather than out on the host where other tenants are accessible. But Triton is first and foremost about _container-based_ virtualisation: which involves no HVM at all!