EAeatonphil·Nov 23, 2018Submission
Experimental KVM-Based VMM for Containers, Written in Go
5 points · Open discussiongoogle
novm
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novm
Experimental KVM-based VMM for containers, written in Go.
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Experimental KVM-based VMM for containers, written in Go.
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| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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7 sourcesKVM is the kernel interface for virtualization features, but the model created (i.e. the emulated hardware or lack thereof) is up to the user space component (normally QEMU). I think your understanding of KVM is tied with a specific implementation.
FWIW, I don't disagree that it's an intermediate step in some regards. The use cases follow (also from trade-offs discussed in the README). I can't speculate on a stranger's needs, it's great if Kata works for yours. I also think that approach is valuable (as an aside, I authored an experimental project with a similar approach years ago [1]).
[1] https://github.com/google/novm
In Open-sourcing gVisor, a sandboxed container runtimeI see that google has open sourced a VMM written in go [1], but I doubt this is the VMM discussed in the article. Has google open sourced this software?
[1] https://github.com/google/novm
In Ways we harden our KVM hypervisor at Google Cloud: Security in plaintextAsk HN: Does it make sense to make Hypervisor more like Container?
check https://github.com/google/novm curious as you can always run Docker containers in VM
2 points · Open discussionLooks like yes: https://github.com/google/novm/blob/master/scripts/novm-dock...
In Experimental KVM-based VMM, Written in GoExperimental KVM-based VMM, Written in Go
221 points · Open discussionSure, that's like novm (https://github.com/google/novm). But you're still running 20 kernels. A picoprocess architecture is better, but I'd still go with containers.
In Hvdos, a simple DOS emulator based on the OS X Hypervisor.framework