Deploy a Dropwizard Unikernel to AWS

Re:Deploy a Dropwizard Unikernel to AWS by mwcampbell on Monday April 27, 2015 @01:05PM (#9447605)

What are these unikernels based on? OSv, NetBSD rump kernels, or something proprietary?

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Re:Deploy a Dropwizard Unikernel to AWS by axelfontaine on Monday April 27, 2015 @02:08PM (#9448079)

It is based on the Linux kernel + your application. So an ultra lightweight image indeed. The advantage is that all components are rock solid and standard.

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Re:Deploy a Dropwizard Unikernel to AWS by justincormack on Monday April 27, 2015 @03:39PM (#9448631)

Thats not technically a unikernel, unless you link them into a single executable (which has licensing issues with Linux). Single application OS would be a better term, as it is confusing otherwise.

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Re:Deploy a Dropwizard Unikernel to AWS by acveilleux on Monday April 27, 2015 @01:14PM (#9447680)

Linux... Buried in there:

> Congratulations! You now a have a brand new 54 MB secure unikernel image including only our application, Java 8 and the Linux kernel!

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Re:Deploy a Dropwizard Unikernel to AWS by krakensden on Monday April 27, 2015 @01:29PM (#9447795)

If you have a separate runtime & kernel, is it still a unikernel?

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Re:Deploy a Dropwizard Unikernel to AWS by josephmoniz on Monday April 27, 2015 @01:40PM (#9447873)

Yeah, this appears to be a bit misleading. It sounds as if they're just running the compiled jar as the /sbin/init process. IMO, thats a very lightweight distro but not a unikernel. #NotAnExpert.

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