The What, Why and How of Containers – Annwan
Alternate title: An history of OS-Level Virtualisation on UNIX and then Linux.
This post is part of an entry for the Handmade Network’s Learning Jam 2024
The problem
It all starts with chroot (UNIX, 1982)
$ apropos chroot
chroot (1) - run command or interactive shell with special root directory
chroot (2) - change root directory
Chroot is a kernel mechanism available since early versions of UNIX that allows to run a process as with an alternate root directory. The process sha...
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