CoreOS
Infrastructure
container operating system
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
11 positive, 51 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 12 critical, out of 74 comments about the project. Thread score -0.04.
Idea: 9 for, 7 againstDocs: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Service discovery plus containers is a powerful combination for distributed apps
From 2 comments
The combination of service discovery and containerization is incredibly powerful for distributed applications. I love the idea that I can simply start a Docker container, and it…
justinsb on HNPuppet could indeed be that process, and certainly replacing it isn't trivial. But I'm excited by the idea that we could replace it, by being able to rely on the configuration…
justinsb on HN
Ecosystem around Docker is moving fast
From 1 comment
Geez, the rabbit hole gets even deeper. This is all great. Docker has been moving at "ludicrous speed" from the beginning and the ecosystem developing around it has been doing…
gexla on HN
Objections
Same ideas exist in FreeBSD jails, SmartOS, or minimal Ubuntu installs
From 3 comments
So, basically, it looks like as if I move my /usr/local directory between hosts to be run under chroot, using aufs instead of tar.gz, lxc instead of chroot and some wrapper…
dschiptsov on HNIs it kind of like SmartOS but with Linux instead of Illumos and without DTrace and ZFS?
stock_toaster on HNReady meals, yeah?) I do remember times when there were essentially two choices - Debian or RH. There was also Suse, but the madness of making everything look like Netware, with…
dschiptsov on HN
Unclear what it adds over Chef or Puppet
From 2 comments
What's the advantage of it being built into the OS versus using chef or puppet? There's going to be some kind of process running to handle configuration no matter what. Docker…
kekumu on HNAs mentioned, you would need "some sort of process" to config the host -- this is Puppet/Chef/etc. Replacing those is not trivial. Also, not quite sure I understand config…
adient on HN
Registration and profit motive seem at odds with open source
From 1 comment
Oh look, irc channel, docs, etc.. oh and you can't get access to it without registering to something, with full details, and maybe get elected. I would think that this is not…
zobzu on HN
Requests
Better big-picture and app-level getting started documentation
From 2 comments
This could use some big-picture documentation. Does this run inside or outside the containers?
wmf on HNfor example.. if i m deploying a rails apps, how would coreos make it possible to install web servers, databases and rubygems? all through dockerfile descriptions? an app level…
alperakgun on HN
Support for ZFS or Btrfs, LXC and KVM
From 1 comment
I'd like a distro with ZFS/BTRFS, LXC and KVM, with a user friendly configuration layer on top. Not necessarily a GUI. Really, a Linux version of SmartOS. I really like SmartOS…
knotty66 on HN
Questions
Does it run inside or outside containers?
From 1 comment
This could use some big-picture documentation. Does this run inside or outside the containers?
wmf on HN
Can it run on Linode or OpenStack?
From 2 comments
Has anybody tried to get this running on Linode? Sorry if that's a n00b question, I'm still fumbling my way around the (ever-growing) virtualization / devops landscape.
idan on HNVery interesting; can this complement Flynn? (https://flynn.io/) or is it in lieu of? Also, can it run on Open Stack?
gales on HN
Is it safer than standard operating systems?
From 1 comment
Security-wise is containerization safer than standard operating systems? (besides being relatively new and unexploited)
dmix on HN
Alternatives named
SmartOS
From 2 comments
Is it kind of like SmartOS but with Linux instead of Illumos and without DTrace and ZFS?
stock_toaster on HNI am using docker on my startup. It's a very useful technology. I hope that coreos is as good as docker. I think that anyone interested on this should check http://smartos.org/.…
pyotrgalois on HN
Ubuntu Server
From 1 comment
>What I want from something like CoreOS is a stripped-down container host that will host stripped-down app containers. I want to package my app in the most-stripped-down fashion…
s_baby on HN
Flynn
From 1 comment
Very interesting; can this complement Flynn? (https://flynn.io/) or is it in lieu of? Also, can it run on Open Stack?
gales on HN
Bedrock Linux
From 1 comment
If you like the idea of CoreOS but don't like the idea of using Docker containers, check out bedrocklinux.org.
bsilvereagle on HN