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Re:Google Launches Managed Service for Running Docker Apps o... by jff on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @07:06PM (#8559831)
If you use the -privileged flag, docker containers can access /dev/kvm and start low-overhead KVM instances.

It's advantageous for me, because I can say "hey check out this software" and they just have to run a single docker command, compared to installing Go, apt-getting a bunch of packages, fetching our repo, compiling, etc.

Re:Google Launches Managed Service for Running Docker Apps o... by nl on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @10:47PM (#8560439)
Why do you need the VM (as opposed to just containers)?
Re:Google Launches Managed Service for Running Docker Apps o... by jff on Wednesday November 05, 2014 @12:22PM (#8562892)
Because the software I'm attempting to demonstrate/distribute is specifically designed for running VMs. That is its sole purpose--sorta like OpenStack.