August 2018 - Kata-hypervisor - lists.katacontainers.io

Continue QEMU Discussions via this ML
by Claire Massey 05 Sep '18

05 Sep '18

HI everyone, Thank you to those who were able to make up to Vancouver a couple of weeks ago to join the spirited discussion about QEMU and Kata Containers. You can find the notes from that meeting here - https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/qemu_2018-05-23_katacontainers <https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/qemu_2018-05-23_katacontainers>. This mailing list is the place to continue the discussion and move things forward - feel free to invite others to subscribe. Please jump in and get the conversation rolling. Thanks, Claire

7 10

Check out the Kata Containers sessions at OpenStack Summit Berlin, Nov 13-15
by Anne Bertucio 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

Hey Kata crew, The schedule for the OpenStack Summit Berlin, which takes place November 13-15, is now live, including a handful of Kata Containers sessions—congrats to all our community members who had their talks accepted! [1] You can check out the full schedule, which includes 100+ sessions, demos and workshops across 35+ different open source projects like Kata. [2] Similar to the Vancouver Summit in May, we’ll have a Kata project update, contributor onboarding, and time to meet each other and be together as a community. To get the best prices on Summit tickets ($699 USD), register before August 22 at 6:59 UTC (August 21 at 11:59pm PT). [3] Hope to see you in Berlin! [1] https://www.openstack.org/summit/berlin-2018/summit-schedule/global-search?… <https://www.openstack.org/summit/berlin-2018/summit-schedule/global-search?…> [2] https://www.openstack.org/summit/berlin-2018/summit-schedule/#day=2018-11-13 <https://www.openstack.org/summit/berlin-2018/summit-schedule/#day=2018-11-13> [3] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-summit-november-2018-berlin-tickets-… <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-summit-november-2018-berlin-tickets-…> Anne Bertucio OpenStack Foundation anne(a)openstack.org | irc: annabelleB

1 0

kata requirements for image formats and devices
by Allison Randal 07 Aug '18

07 Aug '18

I wasn't at the session where this started (because I was speaking on a panel at the same time about edge computing, containers/VMs, and hybrid approaches), but several people pointed me at this list, because I'm currently working on a lightweight hypervisor written in Rust (on top of KVM), as PhD research at the University of Cambridge. I'm interested in getting more details on what features of QEMU are used by Kata Containers. Specifically, what image formats and devices do you need? This information would be equally valuable to a stripped-down QEMU, so it wouldn't be a distraction from that work, just a side benefit of informing other approaches to lightweight hypervisors. The fundamental concept of my work is building a "library hypervisor", somewhat analogous to the way unikernels are a "library operating system". So, instead of a monolithic body of code, it is a collection of Rust libraries that provide devices, support for various image formats, an interface to KVM, etc. A final compiled hypervisor imports a minimal set of libraries to get the minimal set of features that it needs. I had considered Kata Containers as a possible example target, though I was prioritizing it behind libvirt, minikube, LinuxKit, and a few other potential targets. I wouldn't mind bumping Kata Containers up to a higher priority, if people here would be interested in a prototype to try. Allison

5 10