As word about unikernels spreads, more people are trying to learn about this new approach to programming the cloud and embedded devices. Since information is spread across multiple sites, it can be tricky to know where to get an overview and how to get started quickly. So to help with this, there's a new community website at unikernel.org! The unikernel.org community site aims to collate information about the various projects and provide a focal point for early adopters to understand more about the technology and become involved in the projects themselves. Over time, it will also become a gathering place for common infrastructure to form and be shared across projects. Early examples of this include the scripts for booting on Amazon EC2, which began with MirageOS contributors but were used and improved by Rump Kernel contributors. Continuing to work together to make such advances will ease the process of bringing in new users and contributors across all the projects. In this talk, I will: Give examples of how cross-collaboration has advanced different projects Discuss infrastructure and tooling needs that will help all projects Encourage everyone to contribute!

1. unikernel.org
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Amir Chaudhry
Unikernel Systems
Cloud Innovation Forum
SCaLE 14x
January 2016

2. unikernel.org
@amirmc
Amir Chaudhry
Cloud Innovation Forum
SCaLE 14x
January 2016

3. About me
Worked mostly with MirageOS
(herding cats)
Supporting wider unikernel activity
Previously Physicist, Neuroscientist,
CompSci (ish), Startups, BigCo.
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4. The year of
unikernels

5. 2015
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new implementations!
2015

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at least 10
projects!

8. This is awesome!

9. This is awesome!
Much choice!
So opportunity!

10. Cross-project pollination
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EC2 deploy scripts

11. Cross-project pollination
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EC2 deploy scripts

12. Cross-project pollination
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EC2 deploy scripts

13. Cross-project pollination
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EC2 deploy scripts

14. Cross-project pollination
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MirageOS and Rumprun

15. With great choice comes
great discombobulation

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20. So what do we do?

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devel.unikernel.org

22. About unikernel.org
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Community driven! Just getting started :)
Single entry point for all things unikernel
Ease the process of bringing in new users
and contributors across all the open source
projects
Solve common problems around
configuration, deployment and monitoring

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About unikernel.org

25. What next?
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Better design and some kind of branding :)
Discuss common needs and share learning
(e.g. upcoming HaLVM and Rumprun)
Joint events e.g unikernel install parties?
Shared infrastructure for projects
Whatever else the community of unikernel
developers needs.

26. What next?
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Sign up to devel.unikernel.org!

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29. Questions?