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On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Peng Zhao <peng at hyper.sh> wrote:

>    Hi, all,
>
> I would like to propose nova-hyper driver:
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/nova-hyper.
>
>    - What is Hyper?
>    Put simply, Hyper is a hypervisor-agnostic Docker runtime. It is
>    similar to Intel’s ClearContainer, allowing to run a Docker image with any
>    hypervisor.
>
>
>    - Why Hyper driver?
>    Given its hypervisor nature, Hyper makes it easy to integrate with
>    OpenStack ecosystem, e.g. Nova, Cinder, Neutron
>
>    - How to implement?
>    Similar to nova-docker driver. Hyper has a daemon “hyperd” running on
>    each physical box. hyperd exposed a set of REST APIs. Integrating Nova with
>    the APIs would do the job.
>
>    - Roadmap
>    Integrate with Magnum & Ironic.
>
>
This sounds like a better fit for something on top of Nova such as  Magnum
then as a  Nova driver.

Nova only supports things that look like 'VMs'. That includes bare metal,
and containers, but it only includes a subset of container features.

Looking at the hyper CLI [0], there are many commands that nova would not
suppprt, such as:

* The pod notion
* exec
* pull


[0] https://docs.hyper.sh/reference/cli.html



> Appreciate for comments and inputs!
> Thanks,Peng
>
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