Building a container from scratch in Go - Liz Rice (Microscaling Systems)

Everyone has heard of Docker, but what is a container? Is it really "a lightweight VM"? In this talk we'll dispel the magic by writing a container in about 100 lines of Go.

Liz Rice has a wealth of software development, team, and product management experience from her years working on network protocols and distributed systems as well as in digital technology sectors including VOD, music, and VoIP. When not building startups and writing code, Liz loves riding bikes in places with better weather than her native London.

[RichardBuckerCodes]

The best part of this demo is that it makes containers more like jail and addresses the trust issue.

[shahmiBro]

Loving demos cause it shows the real things in practical world, always intrigued to watch her demos;

[artvandelay]

I finally think I understand what a Docker container is! Thanks.

[HassanSani]

Wow the way you make things feel simple, now I'm even a go pro developer

[jonbv]

this is by far very short and well explained how the container can expand the possibilities how GO can do it.

[gangsterholla]

This was amazing. Simple and easy to digest, but packed with information.

[johnschiwitz]

one of the best container talk i've heard

[loupax]

Looks like my favorite presentations are those that start so simple you almost think they are jokes, until suddenly they are not.

[afortiorama]

This was an excellent presentation, thanks!

[mahdijh]

Thanks, It was the best way someone can show me concept of a container.

[iknownothing]

That's very inspiring, especially Liz shows her charm by unique humor and coding flow.

[konstantingeyst]

Note that child processes can call chroot() again and break outside of this container easily. Docker doesn't use chroot.

[billvvoods]

Awesome video and a great intro to how containers are constructed

[actsrv]

All big words should be explained like this.

[abhinjose]

Thanks, That was cool and easy to understand!

[anshubehera]

"You are my peer reviewers"... what a lass <3

[MoAliDevOps]

The talk really begins at 2:25





You're welcome.

[KevinCantwell]

This is a fantastic presentation, thank you! I notice that you quickly gloss over installing a root file system ("I just happen to have one lying around"). I'm not familiar with installing linux file systems and my attempts at doing so are apparently too naive to work. Is there a straightforward way to download or copy one?

[evilsdexter]

why can't I give 1000 likes to this one? :)

[codelucky]

Did I just watch Go programing in Downtown Abbey?