From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 11 13:14:17 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1ECED79C for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:14:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DBA7518FF for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:14:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wam@hiwaay.net) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-17.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.17]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t5BDAmnN023939 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:10:49 -0500 Message-ID: <557988D8.6020108@hiwaay.net> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:17:03 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Docker References: <20150610111135.C81EE2319B@smtp.hushmail.com> <20150610165244.0c6f2ed7.freebsd@edvax.de> <1507965.zgzlHR604A@thinkpad> <20150611125414.6ec3c597.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20150611125414.6ec3c597.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 13:14:17 -0000 On 06/11/15 06:00, Polytropon wrote: > Well, I wouldn't say it's entirely impossible to get a Docker > implementation running on FreeBSD, but probably it won't work > 1:1 with all imaginable software - I conclude this from the > concept of being able to run Linux applications on FreeBSD > using our Linux ABI, which works for_many_ applications, but > not for_all_ of them, especially not for those relying on > Linux kernel mechanisms that the ABI doesn't provide a proper > "translation" for. In those cases it's probably easier to use > native FreeBSD solutions: install the ported application into > a Jail. Yes, I know, Docker is much more than Jail in terms > of functionality... > > Maybe related: > > Erich Schubert: > The sad state of sysadmin in the age of containers > > http://www.vitavonni.de/blog/201503/2015031201-the-sad-state-of-sysadmin-in-the-age-of-containers.html Hmmmmm .... interesting read. One of the reasons I am migrating to *BSD is the presumed absence of malevolent gov't involvement (*cough* SELinux *cough*), I thought the BSD's were mostly/entirely free from such, no ? -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.