State of CRIU (Checkpoint Restart In Userspace) and integration with LXC / Linux Plumbers Conference: Developing the Kernel, Libraries and Utilities

State of CRIU (Checkpoint Restart In Userspace) and integration with LXC

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Accepted Session

Containers

One Line Summary

A tour over checkpoint-restore project features and plans followed by a discussion on integrating this with LXC.

Abstract

The CRIU project implements ability to take a state-dump of running Linux processes and restore them later. This feature allows for such things as live-migration, fast kernel update, fast services start and others.

This talk is about to introduce CRIU to the audience by showing its basic features and discussing integration with LXC’s checkpoint/restart commands.

Speakers

Pavel Emelianov
Biography

Working on Parallels server virtualization products and LXC, maintaining CRIU project.

Sessions
- * TCP repair overview
  - Title: TCP repair overview
  - Microconference: Network Virtualization II
  - Time: 2:00pm
  - One Line Summary:
    A brief introduction to what TCP repair is.
  - Speakers: Pavel Emelianov
- * State of CRIU (Checkpoint Restart In Userspace) and integration with LXC
  - Title: State of CRIU (Checkpoint Restart In Userspace) and integration with LXC
  - Microconference: Containers
  - Time: 3:15pm
  - One Line Summary:
    A tour over checkpoint-restore project features and plans followed by a discussion on integrating this with LXC.
  - Speakers: Serge Hallyn, Pavel Emelianov
Serge Hallyn
Biography

Working on LXC for Canonical Ltd.

Sessions
- * On the road to LXC 1.0
  - Title: On the road to LXC 1.0
  - Microconference: Containers
  - Time: 2:00pm
  - One Line Summary:
    Overview of what features to expect for LXC 1.0 and hints on how to help us get there.
  - Speakers: Stéphane Graber, Serge Hallyn
- * State of CRIU (Checkpoint Restart In Userspace) and integration with LXC
  - Title: State of CRIU (Checkpoint Restart In Userspace) and integration with LXC
  - Microconference: Containers
  - Time: 3:15pm
  - One Line Summary:
    A tour over checkpoint-restore project features and plans followed by a discussion on integrating this with LXC.
  - Speakers: Serge Hallyn, Pavel Emelianov
- * User namespace work
  - Title: User namespace work
  - Microconference: Containers
  - Time: 2:45pm
  - One Line Summary:
    Current state and expected timeline for completion of unprivileged containers
  - Speakers: Serge Hallyn

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