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Technologies3juillet2017,RMLLSt-Etienne,MichaelBright

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AgendaWhatareUnikernels?

Whattheyarenot.

WhyUnikernels?

Advantages/CharacteristicsApplicationdomains

Implementations&Tools

Demos

Usage:Baremetalanyone?

Where’sitallheading?

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What'sitallabout?

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WhatareUnikernels?

“Unikernelsarespecialized,single-address-spacemachineimagesconstructedbyusinglibraryoperatingsystems”

“WhatareUnikernels”,unikernel.org

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WhatareUnikernels?

“Unikernelsarespecialized,single-address-spacemachineimagesconstructedbyusinglibraryoperatingsystems”

“WhatareUnikernels”,unikernel.org

“VMsaren'theavy,OSesare"

AlfredBratterud,#includeOS

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WhatareUnikernels?-Theyare"LibraryOS"Specializedapplicationsbuiltwithonlythe"OS"componentstheyneed.

AUnikernelisanimageabletorun

directlyasaVM

(onbaremetal?)

"OS"componentssuchasNetworkstack,File-system,Devicedrivers

areoptional

typically,thereisnofilesystem.

Soconfigurationisstoredintheunikernelapplicationbinary@mjbright

Unikernels:Whattheyarenot...GeneralPurposeOSkernelswithunneededfeaturese.g.floppydrivers,designedtorunanysoftwareonanyhardwarearehuge-linesofcode

Unikernelsarenot"top-down"minifiedversionsofGeneralPurposeOSes...@mjbright

Unikernels:Whattheyarenot...minifiedOS

ContainerhostsMinimalLinuxdistributionshavebeencreatedwithsimilargoalstoUnikernels,aimedtobeminimalhostOSforcontainerengines,e.g.

CoreOSLinuxProjectAtomicRancherOS

Theyaimtobe

SecureLessfeatures/linesofcode:reducedattacksurfaceAtomicupdatesofsystem(notquiteimmutable)

Fasttoboot:SmallbinarysizeSpecializedtoruncontainers

ButthesearestillreducedversionsofgeneralpurposeOSesandsohavemanyunnecessaryfeatures.

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InApril2017DockeropensourcedLinuxKitawayofbuildingminimalLinuxdistributionsforhostingcontainers.

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LinuxKitisalsoaspecializedContainerHostwith

declarativespecificationofthesystemcomponentstoincludeservicesandapplicationsencapsulatedincontainersMirageSDK...looksinteresting...

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LinuxKitisstillbasedonaGeneralPurposeLinuxKernelbutallowsformuchcustomizationofthebasesystem.

It'sjustonestepclosertoUnikernels...

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LinuxKitisstillbasedonaGeneralPurposeLinuxKernelbutallowsformuchcustomizationofthebasesystem.

It'sjustonestepclosertoUnikernels...

...whoknowswhatDockerwilldonext??...

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Unikernels:Whattheyarenot...summaryTheyarenotminifiedgeneralpurposeOS

Notµ-kernelsNotminifiedLinuxkernelsorContainerOS

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Theyarenotreal-timeOses

Buttheyareveryfast

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Buttheyareveryfast

Theyarenot

Multi-kernels(thoughHermitCoreis!)Multi-process(thoughGrapheneis!)

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Buttheyareveryfast

Theyarenot


Theyarenotallthesame,butworkonsimilarprinciples...

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Buttheyareveryfast

Theyarenot


Theyarenotallthesame,butworkonsimilarprinciples...

Buildingaspecializedapplicationwithonlythe"OS"componentsneeded==>a"bottom-up"approach

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Unikernels:Are...Verysmallcomparedtoanapplication+OS

usefewresourcesimmutable,suitableformicro-servicesNolegacydriversNounneededshell-didImentionthis?

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Havenoseparatekernelspace

Noneedtocopybetweenkernelanduserspace

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Moresecure

smallattacksurfaceIfcompromised,theattackercan’tdomuch-noshell,users,processes...

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Moresecure


Fasttoboot

Possibilityofondemandservices

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Moresecure


Fasttoboot

Possibilityofondemandservices

Moredifficulttodevelop

libraries,languages,debugginglimitations@mjbright

Unikernels:ApplicationDomains

CloudComputingandNFVFasttoboot:OndemandservicesSecureimmutableimages

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IoT/EmbeddedSmallimagesforOTAupdatesSecureimmutableimages

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IoT/EmbeddedSmallimagesforOTAupdatesSecureimmutableimages

HPCSecureinthecloudVeryefficient(nocontextswitches,just1process)

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Unikernelimplementations

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UnikernelImplementations:2families

Clean-Slate Legacy

-Aminimalistapproach -POSIXcompatibility-Re-implementallOSfunctions -Re-useexistinglibraries-Typicallyusestypesafelanguage -Possiblebinarycompatibility-Verysmallcodesize,resources -Smalltolargecodesize/resources-Hardertodevelopapps -Easiertodevelopapps


Clean-Slate Legacy


Thismeansthatclean-slateUnikernelstendtobeimplementedsolelyinonehigh-levellanguage(andpossiblyderivedlanguages)


Clean-Slate Legacy


Thismeansthatclean-slateUnikernelstendtobeimplementedsolelyinonehigh-levellanguage(andpossiblyderivedlanguages)

WecanseethatLegacyUnikernelstradeoffsomeprinciplesforeaseofuse...

UnikernelImplementations:

Clean-Slate Legacy

MirageOS(Ocaml) OSvHalVM(Haskell) Rumprun(+LKL)LING(Erlang) Runtime.jsIncludeOS(C/C++) HermitCore

GrapheneClickOSVorteilCliveMagniosUltiboDrawbridge...others?...

There'ssomecollaborationgoingonacrossprojectsespeciallytousesomecommonunderlyinglayerssuchasMinio,Solo5/ukvm.@mjbright 10

mirage.io

CleanSlate

OpenSource

Backing(Docker/Xen)

OCaml-Based

MirageOS"LibraryOS"componentsandappsarewritteninOcaml,atype-safefunctional(&OO)languagewithextensivelibraries.

ThemiragetoolisusedtobuildUnikernelsforvariousbackends:

XenHypervisor(PV)Unix(LinuxorOS/Xbinaries)MirageOS3(/Solo5)supportskvm(/ukvm)andxhyve

Buildingapplicationsforunixorxen

mirageconfigure-t[unix|xen|ukvm]makedependmake./mir-console

Usecases:BNCPinata ,E///ResearchNFV,PayGarden

UnikernelImplementations:MirageOS-Xenproject

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https://mirage.io/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCaml

http://ownme.ipredator.se/

halvm.org

CleanSlate

OpenSource

Backing(Galois)

AportofGHC(theGlasgowHaskellCompiler)torunasaUnikernel

RunsonXen

ConsideringporttoSolo5forHalVMv3.

[2012]HalVMisa"niftyplatform"for

developingsimplecloudservicescreatingcritical,isolatedservices

AimedathighlysecurenetworkappliancessuchasCyberChaff

UnikernelImplementations:HalVM

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http://halvm.org/

https://formal.tech/products/cyberchaff/

includeos.org

CleanSlate

OpenSource

Backing(IncludeOS)

C/C++FAQ

WritteninC++.

CreateUnikernelfromanapplicationbyincluding#include<os>

Runsonhypervisors(KVM,VMWare)maybebaremetal...

Single-threaded,single-process,single-memoryspace

DelegatestoroutemessagesbetweenTCP/IPstackcomponents.

NoblockingPOSIXcallsimplementedyet,onlyasynci/o.

Recentdevelopments:

WorkingwithMender(mender.io)forOTAupdates64-bitARM?Solo5(ukvm)

UnikernelImplementations:IncludeOS

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http://www.includeos.org/

http://localhost:9001/2017-Jul-RMLL-Unikernels-WhatUsage/=%22http://includeos.readthedocs.io/en/latest/FAQ.html%22

osv.io

Legacy

OpenSource

Backing(Cloudius)

WritteninC++butwith"POSIX"compatibility

includesthreads,tcp/ip,ZFSfilesystemsupportforotherlanguagesandmemory-managedplatforms(JVM,Go,Lua)usedinMikelangeloEUProject(OpenStack+Unikernels)

RunsonKVM,Xen,VBox,VMWare

TheOSvManifesto

RunexistingLinuxapps,runthemfasterBoottime~ExectimeLeveragememory-managedplatformsStayopen

Singleprocess,addressspace

TCP/IPstackcomponents(C++classes)communicatevianetchannels

PossibilityforMMUtohandlegarbagecollection

UnikernelImplementations:OSv

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http://osv.io/

https://www.mikelangelo-project.eu/2017/05/the-microservice-demo-application-running-inside-osv-unikernels-locally

rumpkernel.org

Legacy

OpenSource

Backing(NetBSD)

ArefactoringoftheNetBSDkernelallowingtoselectOSmodulesasneeded.

UnikernelbaseinC/C++,supportsmanylanguages

C/C++,Lua,PHP,Python,Ruby,Node.js,Erlang,Go

Workflowis

cross-compileagainstNetBSDlibc(modified)bakeinthehypervisorchoice(notKVM...)launchVM

Baremetal"Hypercall"implementation.

Manyavailablepackages:apache2,nginx,haproxy,redis,mysql,sqlite,leveldb,tor,mpg123

NOTE:LKL(LinuxKernelLibraries)anexperimentalLinuxversionsince2015

UnikernelImplementations:Rumprun

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http://rumpkernel.org/

runtimejs.org

Legacy

OpenSource

Implementationofv8JavascriptengineasaUnikernel

SupportsNode.jsonKVMHypervisor

OngoingdiscussionsaboutsupportingWebAssembly..

UnikernelImplementations:Runtime.js

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http://runtimejs.org/

hermitcore.org

Legacy

OpenSource

ExperimentalunikernelfromUniversityofAachen,initialperformanceresultsarepromising.

SupportsSMPinmulti-kernelmode.

Modes:

"classicalunikernel"-runsonaVMmultikernelonVM:proxy"Linux"kernelononecore,separateapplicationsonothercoresmultikernelonBM:proxy"Linux"kernelononecore,separateapplicationsonothercores

UsesIntelOpenMPruntime.

Languages:

C++,Fortran,Go(allviagcc)

UnikernelImplementations:HermitCore

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http://www.hermitcore.org/

UnikernelToolsOpenSourcetoolshelptoadvancethevariousprojects.

Unik:UnikernelCompilerCloudFoundryproject(Dell-EMC)compilesseveralUnikernelTechnologies

Supports:RumpRun,OSv,IncludeOS,MirageOS

'VboxUnikInstanceListener'VMhandlesrequestsfromthe'unik'cli.

Solo5/ukvmAcommonUnikernel(Solo5)baseand(ukvm)libraryhypervisordevelopedbyIBM.

IntegratedintoMirageOSv3toextendtoKVMsupport.Otherprojects(HalVM,IncludeOS)arealsoconsideringthisapproach.OngoingporttoARM64.

DeferpanicWebandclitoolallowtotestdeployUnikernels

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DemoMirageOS

compilationforunixcompilation/runforSolo5/ukvm

Runtime.js

Deferpanic.net

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What'scoming?DockerboughtUnikernelSystems(mainMirageOSdevelopers)inJan2016

UnikerneltechnologyusedinDockerforMac,DockerforWindows

MirageOSv3releasedinMarch2017

improvesMirageOSimplementation(lesscode,morefunc)NewSolo5backend:kvmviaSolo5/ukvm

Unikernelsarebecomingeasiertouse

Adoptionofexistingbackends:Minios/Xen,Solo5/ukvmLinuxKit/MirageSDKsynergieswithMirageOS?DockerfacilitatesBuildShipandRunforUnikerneltechnologiesUnikprojectfacilitatesuseofdifferentUnikerneltechnologiesCloudFoundryandKuberneteslooktodeployUnikernelsSolo.io"Squash"projectproducingdebuggerforµ-servicesandUnikernels

ManyUnikernelprojectsareadvancingquickly...andspecializeddeploymenttrialsongoing

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Unikernels:Usage?Baremetal?Specificapplications(networkappliances-Hybridsolutions)

Well-suitedforveryspecificapplicationssuchastargetnetworkingcomponents

-DNS,DHCP,NAT,Firewall,TLS,Chaff

Canbeusedasstandaloneappliancesorassecurenetworkfront-end.

ButwhataboutBaremetal?

SomeUnikernelstargetbaremetal,butnotappropriateforallusecases

requiresmaintainingh/wspecificdevicedriversmaynotsupportmorethan1core!

Youwon’twanttodedicateyourlatestProliantservertooneUnikernel(fleaonanelephant’sback),butrathertoaHypervisorrunningUnikernels

MaybeappropriateforthesmallestIoTdevices(webcam,sensor)@mjbright

Unikernels:Conclusions...Averyactiveresearcharea

manyactiveprojects,severalwithcommercialbackersmostlyOpenSourcehealthycollaboration-commontoolingpossible



Someprojectsadopta"Clean-Slate"approachbuildingupcapabilities.

imposeaparticularlanguagesmallest,mostsecureUnikernelspotentiallyhardertodevelop

OtherprojectstradeoffsomeoftheUnikerneladvantagesfor"easeofuse".



Someprojectsadopta"Clean-Slate"approachbuildingupcapabilities.

imposeaparticularlanguagesmallest,mostsecureUnikernelspotentiallyhardertodevelop

OtherprojectstradeoffsomeoftheUnikerneladvantagesfor"easeofuse".

Wewillstarttohearofdeploymentsforspecificusecases

Unlikelytobecomeamainstreamapproach

competitionfromVMs,containers,serverlessunlesssomeonesurprisesus...

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Q&A

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Resources

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Resources-GeneralURL

.Unikernel.org siteWikipedia Wiki

.Scoop.It UnikernelsPlaylist YouTubeUnikernels

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http://unikernel.org/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unikernel

http://www.scoop.it/t/unikernels/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCDlZzVd_jn8heLw_Q10gOaEflLZKyf81

Resources-UnikernelImplementationsTechnology Backers URL

.MirageOS Xen mirage.ioHalVM Galois galois.com/project/halvmLING erlangonxen.org.

IncludeOS IncludeOS includeos.orgRumprun NetBSD rumpkernel.org

OSv Cloudius osv.ioHermitCore Univ.Aachen hermitcore.org

.Unik CloudFoundry github.com/cf-unik/unikSolo5 IBM github.com/Solo5/solo5Ukvm IBM github.com/Solo5/solo5/tree/master/ukvm

@mjbright

http://mirage.io/

https://galois.com/project/halvm/

http://erlangonxen.org/

http://www.includeos.org/

http://rumpkernel.org/

http://osv.io/

http://www.hermitcore.org/

https://github.com/cf-unik/unik

https://github.com/Solo5/solo5

https://github.com/Solo5/solo5/tree/master/ukvm

Resources-UnikernelImplementations(2)Technology Backers URL

.Ultibo(Raspi)Clive(Go)MagniosClickOS NEC

.Drawbridge Microsoft project/drawbridge

.DeferPanic DeferPanic deferpanic.net

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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/drawbridge/

http://www.deferpanic.net/

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