enixdark / firesquid

Simple AWS Firecracker MicroVM Orchestrator

Simple AWS Firecracker orchestrator

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Table of Contents

• About the project
• Features
• Assets
• Help Wanted
• Sponsors
• License

About the Project

FireSquid is a simple AWS Firecracker orchestrator. It abstracts the hard part making it a breeze to spawn your very own fleet of micro-vms!

Features

• REST API for interactions
• Multiple vms from the same kernel
• Lightweight
• Customizable

Upcoming:

• Networking
• Proper package release and distribution
• Choices between which kernel to use for which machine

Assets 📦

Here are some assets to get you started. The default folder for assets is just called assets in the same folder as FireSquid.

Linux Kernel 5.9-rc2 compiled with firecracker recommended settings

sample rootfs.ext4 build from the node-alpine docker image. Boots, sleeps 3 seconds and then powers off.

firecracker releases, grab one accordingly

Help wanted 🤝

All contributions are welcome!

If you are using or plan to use Firecracker or FireSquid please don't hesitate to reach out so we can foster a collaboration ecosystem around Firecracker.

Sponsors ❤️

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License

See LICENSE for more details.