Slim
Dev tools
vm image builder
SHOW HN2019
How HN took it
12 positive, 29 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 54 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 10 for, 9 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for CI, local cluster testing and PXE/datacenter images
From 4 comments
this is great! This might have saved me some time I was planning on spending to learn packer. I have a docker based project and I wanted to add VM generation to the CI pipeline.…
Hortinstein on HNYes, one use-case is making it easier to setup/teardown clusters for local testing. Two practical scenarios for us: 1) autograding ansible/configuration scripts, 2) CI for…
chrisparnin on HNWould be really cool to use this to predictably build images for booting from PXE.
gravypod on HNThis is great! I really wish we'd always create a single system image for both Docker and Physical/VM, preferably with minimal/no-init. This is very useful when trying to create…
vkaku on HN
Lower resource use than Docker on dev machines
From 1 comment
This is cool. For dev, the docker runtime consumes an enormous amount of host system resources. Even with a 16gb RAM host machine, docker is really resource heavy for a…
ajsharp on HN
Objections
Confusion about why Docker is needed to build a VM and how it differs from containers
From 2 comments
So why was Docker needed to create a lightweight VM? I thought Docker was supposed to replace VMs.
RyanShook on HNWait a minute. I thought Docker was useful because you didn't want to run a whole VM. But this project turns a Dockerfile into a VM specification? Have we come full circle?
lwb on HN
Name conflicts with the Slim PHP framework
From 1 comment
This sounds interesting, I want to look into it further. However, my immediate thought is what about the naming conflict with the very popular PHP framework?…
40four on HN
Requests
Ability to build ISO images from Dockerfiles
From 1 comment
Can slim be used to create an iso? So: Dockerfile > slim > iso
pard68 on HN
Support for iOS and Android
From 1 comment
What would it take to get this running on iOS and Android?
smattiso on HN
Questions
What are the limitations of the VMs
From 1 comment
This has good potential, what are the limitations on the VM?
tomglynch on HN
How does it compare with Kata Containers
From 1 comment
I’m curious how this approach compares with Kata Containers. Very cool.
buildbuildbuild on HN
Alternatives named
Footloose (containers that look like VMs)
From 1 comment
Yet another different take: footloose – Containers that look like Virtual Machines! https://github.com/weaveworks/footloose (Disclamer: I'm the author of footloose)
dlespiau on HN
Darch and Docker-to-bootable-disk tools
From 1 comment
Recently on HN (I think) and related: - https://micromind.me/en/posts/from-docker-container-to-bootable-linux-disk-image/ - https://godarch.com/ Really like seeing these new…
hardwaresofton on HN
Packer
From 1 comment
this is great! This might have saved me some time I was planning on spending to learn packer. I have a docker based project and I wanted to add VM generation to the CI pipeline.…
Hortinstein on HN