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Created October 30, 2016 15:41
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A container in less than 60 lines of Go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"os/exec"
"syscall"
)
func main() {
switch os.Args[1] {
case "run":
parent()
case "child":
child()
default:
panic("wat should I do")
}
}
func parent() {
cmd := exec.Command("/proc/self/exe", append([]string{"child"}, os.Args[2:]...)...)
cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
Cloneflags: syscall.CLONE_NEWUTS | syscall.CLONE_NEWPID | syscall.CLONE_NEWNS,
}
cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
fmt.Println("ERROR", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
}
func child() {
must(syscall.Mount("rootfs", "rootfs", "", syscall.MS_BIND, ""))
must(os.MkdirAll("rootfs/oldrootfs", 0700))
must(syscall.PivotRoot("rootfs", "rootfs/oldrootfs"))
must(os.Chdir("/"))
cmd := exec.Command(os.Args[2], os.Args[3:]...)
cmd.Stdin = os.Stdin
cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
fmt.Println("ERROR", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
}
func must(err error) {
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
}
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Source: https://www.infoq.com/articles/build-a-container-golang (Julian Friedman)

And a great talk about this code that shows how each step adds another level of isolation: https://youtu.be/Utf-A4rODH8 (Liz Rice)

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