Hacker News with Generative AI: Containers

Quadlet: Running Podman containers under systemd (mo8it.com)
Quadlet lets you run your Podman containers as systemd services. This is especially useful for running containers in the background and automatically starting them after a server reboot.
Containers, Linux, Systemd, Podman
298 points by gjvc 10 days ago | 68 comments
Show HN: Program Explorer, a container playground (programexplorer.org)
Alpha preview, site may be unavailable without notice
Software, Programming, Tools, Containers
73 points by aconz2 22 days ago | 10 comments
Magic Containers: What Edge Computing was meant to be (bunny.net)
Edge Computing, Cloud Computing, Containers, Networking
13 points by wahnfrieden 27 days ago | 2 comments
Comparing Fuchsia components and Linux containers [video] (fosdem.org)
Fuchsia is a new (non-Linux) operating system from Google, and one of the key pieces of Fuchsia's design is the component framework.
Operating Systems, Fuchsia, Linux, Containers, Video
217 points by bestorworse 30 days ago | 184 comments
How to run GUI applications directly in containers (github.com/hemashushu)
This tutorial introduces a method for running GUI applications directly in containers (such as Docker and Podman) without installing any additional software.
Containers, Docker, GUI Applications, Linux, Software Development
73 points by hippospark 34 days ago | 38 comments
Nix and Containers: Why Not Both? (flox.dev)
Some people say they don’t use Nix because containers already address the same problems.
Nix, Containers, Software Development, Operating Systems
13 points by Areibman 34 days ago | 4 comments
Fly To Podman: a script that will help you to migrate from Docker (github.com/Edu4rdSHL)
fly-to-podman is a small bash script that helps you migrate from Docker to Podman. It will migrate your Docker containers, images, and volumes to Podman, as well as keep your container data and configurations (mounts, ports, etc.) intact.
Containers, Migration, Linux, Open Source, DevOps
235 points by edu4rdshl 41 days ago | 148 comments
On Running systemd-nspawn Containers (2022) (benjamintoll.com)
I’d like to talk more about a container technology that I really like that I touched upon in a previous article: systemd-nspawn.
Linux, Containers, Systemd
116 points by cautious-fly 41 days ago | 58 comments
Best Fruit Trees That Thrive in Pots and Containers (marthastewart.com)
These beautiful plants will yield a bountiful, delicious harvest.
Gardening, Fruit Trees, Containers
6 points by mooreds 44 days ago | 0 comments
Isolating Containers with ZFS and Linux Namespaces (klarasystems.com)
Containers provide an efficient way to isolate workloads, but managing storage and resource separation can be challenging. This article explores how ZFS and Linux namespaces work together to optimize containerized environments, ensuring storage flexibility, workload isolation, and enhanced control. Learn how to leverage ZFS datasets and Linux namespaces for multi-tenant architectures while maintaining performance and security.
Containers, ZFS, Linux Namespaces, Storage Management, Virtualization
15 points by klarainc 49 days ago | 1 comments
Implementing a rootless container manager from scratch [video] (fosdem.org)
An introduction on the basic concepts underpinning a container manager: understanding what OCI images are, how they’re structured, and how to use them as rootfs. From there, we’ll dive into the core Linux primitives that make rootless containers possible: namespaces for isolation, UID/GID mappings and dropping privileges.
Containers, Linux, Security, Open Source, Operating Systems
4 points by rrampage 50 days ago | 0 comments
WASM will replace containers (creston.blog)
In the year 2030, no one will remember Kubernetes.
WebAssembly, Containers, Cloud Computing
325 points by hpincket 50 days ago | 356 comments
Any experience selling AMIs on AWS Marketplace? (ycombinator.com)
AWS Marketplace allows AWS users to buy AMIs, containers, among other things (SaaS, consulting, etc). Does anyone here have experience selling goods (AMIs or containers)? Not interested in SaaS / service.
AWS, Marketplace, AMIs, Containers
9 points by thephyber 54 days ago | 1 comments
RamaLama (github.com/containers)
The RamaLama project's goal is to make working with AI boring through the use of OCI containers.
Artificial Intelligence, Containers, Software
163 points by johlo 61 days ago | 49 comments
I don't like Docker or Podman (liw.fi)
Docker is very popular software to build Linux container images and running software in them. I don’t like it.
Docker, Linux, Containers, Software
89 points by 0x2a 66 days ago | 89 comments
Webtop – Alpine,Ubuntu,Fedora,and Arch containers containing full desktop envs (linuxserver.io)
Webtop - Alpine, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Arch based containers containing full desktop environments in officially supported flavors accessible via any modern web browser.
Linux, Containers, Web Browsers, Operating Systems
352 points by weitzj 79 days ago | 77 comments
Podman Desktop 1.15 Released: Enhanced Kubernetes, Experimental Task Manager (podman-desktop.io)
Podman Desktop 1.15 Release! 🎉
Kubernetes, Containers, Open Source, Software, New Releases
5 points by twelvenmonkeys 106 days ago | 0 comments
PHP Docker image just hit 1B pulls on Docker Hub (mydevmentor.com)
So, the official PHP Docker image just hit a mind-blowing milestone:
PHP, Docker, Containers, Open Source, Software
27 points by NabilChiheb 113 days ago | 73 comments
FreeBSD OCI Container on Jails/Bhyve with Support for Podman (freebsdfoundation.org)
The Open Container Initiative (OCI) develops open industry standards for cloud native container formats and runtimes, ensuring platform consistency.
FreeBSD, Containers, Virtualization, Open Source, Cloud Computing
72 points by BSDobelix 118 days ago | 9 comments
Deploying Containers on NixOS: A Guide (bkiran.com)
Managing infrastructure on your own machine can be cumbersome and scary. Much of the rhetoric out there would have you believe that it’s not possible or very dangerous to run and manage your own server. There have been some great advances with tools like containers(Docker and Podman) and NixOS that makes this easier than ever.
Operating Systems, Containers, Infrastructure, DevOps
86 points by bkiran 119 days ago | 58 comments
Brief Introduction to OCI Containers on FreeBSD (freebsd.org)
14.2-RELEASE now includes OCI-compatible images, and the Podman toolkit on FreeBSD is ready to use them, on both amd64 and arm64 systems.
FreeBSD, Operating Systems, Containers, Podman
8 points by vermaden 119 days ago | 1 comments
Static IPs for Serverless Containers (modal.com)
At Modal, we built a high-availability, Go-based VPN proxy called vprox.
Serverless, Containers, Networking, VPN, Go
125 points by ekzhang 121 days ago | 66 comments
ContainerScript: Firefox Addon for programmatically assigning URLs to containers (github.com/icholy)
Firefox Addon for programmatically assigning URLs to containers.
Firefox Addons, Web Development, Containers, Programming
29 points by 0x696C6961 122 days ago | 26 comments
Deep Dive into Linux Networking and Docker – Bridge, VETH and IPTables (medium.com)
Linux Networking is a very interesting topic. In this series, my aim is to dig deep to understand the various ways in which these container orchestration platforms implement network internals underneath.
Linux, Docker, Networking, Containers
25 points by ekiauhce 130 days ago | 0 comments
Docker and OCI Hardening Guide (wonderfall.dev)
Containers aren’t that new fancy thing anymore, but they were a big deal. And they still are. They are a concrete solution to the following problem:
Containers, Security, Docker, OCI
6 points by yamrzou 132 days ago | 0 comments
Red Hat to contribute container tech (Podman, bootc, ComposeFS...) to CNCF (redhat.com)
The continued importance of cloud-native applications in an AI and hybrid cloud-centric world demands an open, more accessible ecosystem of development tools.
Open Source, Containers, Cloud Computing, AI
272 points by twelvenmonkeys 139 days ago | 82 comments
SST: Container Support (sst.dev)
Historically, SST has primarily supported deploying serverless applications. But over the last month we’ve slowly expanded native support for containers on AWS.
Serverless, Containers, AWS
158 points by icar 143 days ago | 69 comments
Flox, a better alternative to Dev Containers (medium.com)
On paper, Dev Containers are great to define and share development environments easily. Actually using them is not that great: lack of reproducibility, integrating host files in containers, difference in implementations between various tools…
Software Development, Development Tools, Docker, Containers
45 points by pierrebeucher 160 days ago | 17 comments
Fast Development with Zed and Dev Containers (medium.com)
Ever found yourself saying “but it works on my machine” or spent hours setting up a development environment for a new team member? Dev Containers might just be the solution you’re looking for, and now you can use them with the blazingly fast Zed editor.
Development Tools, Software Development, Editors, Docker, Containers
48 points by sunrising 160 days ago | 10 comments
PID 1 Bash script for Docker containers explained line by line (sirikon.me)
You wake up one morning, feeling bit spicy, daring to break rules, but you aren't the bravest one in town, so you choose something easy: "Let's break that rule about only running one process in a container".
Docker, Linux, Bash, Containers
7 points by mikecarlton 164 days ago | 0 comments