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# Moby # Moby
Moby, a toolkit for custom Linux distributions Moby, a toolkit for building custom minimal, immutable Linux distributions.
- Good, secure defaults included
- Everything is replaceable and customisable
- Immutable infrastructure applied to building Linux distributions
- Completely stateless, but persistent storage can be attached
- Easy tooling, with easy iteration
- Built with containers, for running containers
- Designed for building and running clustered applications, including but not limited to container orchestration such as Docker or Kubernetes
- Designed from the experience of building Docker Editions, but redesigned as a general purpose toolkit
- Designed to be managed by external tooling, such as [Infrakit](https://github.com/docker/infrakit) or similar tools
- Includes a set of longer term collaborative projects in various stages of development to innovate on kernel and userspace changes, particularly around security
## Getting Started ## Getting Started
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Simple build instructions: use `make` to build. Simple build instructions: use `make` to build.
This will build the Moby customisation tool and a Moby initrd image. This will build the Moby customisation tool and a Moby initrd image.
#### Requirements: #### Build requirements
- GNU `make` - GNU `make`
- GNU or BSD `tar` (not Busybox tar) - GNU or BSD `tar` (not `busybox` `tar`)
- Docker - Docker
### Booting and Testing ### Booting and Testing
- `make qemu` will boot up a sample Moby in qemu in a container - `make qemu` will boot up a sample Moby in qemu in a container
- on OSX: `make hyperkit` will boot up Moby in hyperkit, and also download hyperkit and vpnkit binaries for later use - on OSX: `make hyperkit` will boot up Moby in hyperkit
- `make test` or `make hyperkit-test` will run the test suite - `make test` or `make hyperkit-test` will run the test suite
- There are also docs for booting on [Google Cloud](docs/gcp.md)
- More detailed docs will be available shortly, for running single hosts and clusters.
## Customise ## Customise
To customise, copy or modify the [`moby.yaml`](moby.yaml) to your own `file.yaml` and then run `./bin/moby file.yaml` to To customise, copy or modify the [`moby.yaml`](moby.yaml) to your own `file.yaml` or use on of the [examples](examples/) and then run `./bin/moby file.yaml` to
generate its specified output. You can run the output with `./scripts/qemu.sh` or `./scripts/hyperkit.sh`. generate its specified output. You can run the output with `./scripts/qemu.sh` or `./scripts/hyperkit.sh`, or on other
platforms.
### Yaml Specification ### Yaml Specification
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For the images, you can specify the configuration much like Compose, with some changes, eg `capabilities` must be specified in full, rather than `add` and `drop`, and For the images, you can specify the configuration much like Compose, with some changes, eg `capabilities` must be specified in full, rather than `add` and `drop`, and
there are no volumes only `binds`. there are no volumes only `binds`.
The config is liable to be changed, eg there are missing features (specification of kernel command line, more options etc). The config is liable to be changed, and there are missing features; full documentation will be available shortly.