Announcing systemd v256 (0pointer.net)
from petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to linux@lemmy.ml on 12 Jun 15:03
https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/17262221

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TCB13@lemmy.world on 12 Jun 16:48 next collapse

I’m just going to point out that besides containers, systemd can now manage virtual machines:

systemd version we added systemd-vmspawn. It’s a small wrapper around qemu, which has the point of making it as nice and simple to use qemu as it is to use nspawn.

The idea is that we provide a roughly command line equivalent interface to VMs as for containers, so that it really is as easy to invoke a VM as it already is to invoke a container, supporting both boot from DDIs and boot from directories.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 12 Jun 17:25 next collapse

That actually could be really handy. I’ll have to check it out once this release moves downstream.

TCB13@lemmy.world on 12 Jun 23:20 collapse

Yeah, meanwhile I’ll keep using LXD / Incus for both containers and VMs.

Incus has a few advantages: an image repository, a nicer container manager (cli tools) and sane security defaults. By default Incus assumes your containers should be isolated and secure environments while systemd-nspawn is more about quick and dirty containers useful to compile something or run some trusted task.

llii@discuss.tchncs.de on 13 Jun 09:42 collapse

The thing with Incus is that you get the image repository and manager and the permissions applied to containers make them isolated and secure environments by default running on another user etc etc

This is really hard to read.

TCB13@lemmy.world on 13 Jun 19:49 collapse

Yeah, I was typing from my phone while being distracted by other people. Fixed now.

llii@discuss.tchncs.de on 14 Jun 05:48 collapse

Thanks, that’s much easier to read. :)

Goun@lemmy.ml on 13 Jun 04:02 next collapse

Systemd can manage containers!? TIL

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 13 Jun 19:58 collapse

systemd really wants to do everything

TCB13@lemmy.world on 13 Jun 20:14 collapse

Yes 😂 😂 😂

KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml on 12 Jun 17:13 collapse

The dream of GNU/Systemd is real.

boonhet@lemm.ee on 13 Jun 07:59 collapse

Perhaps one day it’ll just be systemd at this rate