Re: Declarative containers

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Giovanni Biscuolo <address@hidden> skribis:

> Ludovic Courtès <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

>> We could have a ‘container’ (or ‘sub-system’?) service;
>
> mumble: `container` is so abused that it's starting to become a buzzword
> to my ears, `sub-system` is probably more semantic

The Hurd has had this thing called “sub-Hurd”, which is similar to what
we’re talking about.

>> you’d pass it an <operating-system> and it’d create a Shepherd service
>> that runs that OS in a container.
>
> what is the method used to instantiate containers with Guix?

‘guix system container’ creates an executable that starts the container.
That executable is a Guile program that uses (gnu build
linux-container), a module that provides facilities to create processes
under separate name spaces, etc.

IOW all the functionality is provided by Guix; no systemd-nspawn,
bubblewrap, lxc, etc.

Ludo’.