[August 2018 update]
Condo was my very modest contribution to envisioning a future where we would use containers instead of VMs and dedicate them to specific, isolated tasks.
Less than a year after I created Condo, Docker was released and I shelved my amateurish attempt. Now, reading the text below, I have mixed feelings: a good attempt, but no quite ambitious enough.
What is was Condo?
Condo is a brand-new multi-environment hosting project that is currently in its early development stage.
Condo in action
A few interesting facts about this video:
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It runs in a virtual machine. Condo is compatible with VMs because Condo itself is not a VM; it is a jailed environment.
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First, the super user creates an account for “Mr Johns.” Mr Johns logs in, starts his own instance of lighttpd and MySQL and installs a couple applications.
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It gets more interesting around 4:36, when the super user creates “Mr Smith.” Mr Smith then starts his own instances, sets up security and installs his applications.
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Notice how, when using the command-line, each sees their own file systems and processes. Because these processes are very lightweight, you can create many more environment, even in a VM!
Why Condo? Current brain dump
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