illumos SmartOS, specialized Type 1 Hypervisor

Presented at May Contain Hackers (MCH2022), July 25, 2022, 11 p.m. (50 minutes).

Overview of **SmartOS** - an illumos based distribution with **focus of virtualization**. Must be named technologies used by SmartOS: ZFS, Crossbow, Zones, DTrace, Bhyve. The talk will show you the benefits of SmartOS; Configuration and management of SmartOS virtualization technologies; Tooling on top of SmartOS. SmartOS is a specialized Type 1 Hypervisor platform based on illumos. It supports two types of virtualization: - OS Virtual Machines (Zones): A light-weight virtualization solution offering a complete and secure userland environment on a single global kernel, offering true bare metal performance and all the features illumos has, namely dynamic introspection via DTrace - Hardware Virtual Machines (KVM, Bhyve): A full virtualization solution for running a variety of guest OS's including Linux, Windows, *BSD, Plan9 and more Virtualization in SmartOS builds on top of the foundational illumos technologies inherited from OpenSolaris, namely: - ZFS for storage virtualization - Crossbow (dladm) for network virtualization - Zones for virtualization and containment - DTrace for introspection - SMF for service management - RBAC/BSM for auditing and role based security - And more

Presenters:

  • drscream
    Server Ninja with 15+ years industry experience specialising in Unix and Linux cloud-based environments. IT Consultant and automation expert with business analyst know-how to optimise processes.

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