The #FreeBSD OS boots on #Firecracker (the virtual machine monitor VMM behind #AWS #Lambda) in... 20 ms.

The story behind:
https://www.usenix.org/publications/loginonline/freebsd-firecracker

Ever read the sentence from #GitHub about self hosted runners: "We recommend that you only use self-hosted runners with private repositories.", due to security concerns? Today I'm releasing a solution for said problem called Flint. It used #firecracker under the hood to spawn and isolate runners on demand.

https://github.com/flint-actions/flint

Goodbye VMs, Hello MicroVMs: Ankur Kumar shows you how microVMs feature the strong isolation of virtual machines and lightweight behaviors of containers https://www.admin-magazine.com/Archive/2022/71/Goodbye-virtual-machines-hello-microVMs #VM #microVM #containers #Firecracker #Ignite #AWS

Interview: Why AWS prefers VMs for code isolation, and tips on developing for Lambda https://devclass.com/2022/12/05/interview-why-aws-prefers-vms-for-code-isolation-and-tips-on-developing-for-lambda/ via
@DEVCLASS

Super interesting post to read featuring AWS Cloud Anthony Liguori on #isolation strategy leveraging #Nitro and #Firecracker👍

Julia Evans explains how to use Firecracker to start a virtual machine in less than a second. https://buff.ly/3iS4GGr #FOSS #ShellScript #Firecracker #VM #VirtualMachine #OpenSource