Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 17:38:33 +0200 From: Mario Marietto <marietto2008@gmail.com> To: Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> Cc: Connor Cooper <connor.a.cooper@gmail.com>, freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OS Images(Linux/etc) in ports tree Message-ID: <CA%2B1FSih4FLjxfeN1EVAeX7LtBTR8nNp6OHpm4rDJyQHOoaFdSQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXj=CpgQrFm8kg8ojv939RFKWyeCBPM3gMxUcMeSPJpYV3g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAD6yh%2BM_Z_HNcPavt4_TvGn9QhWPX8Q2qU12em3bUkfNXS1WSA@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXj=CpgQrFm8kg8ojv939RFKWyeCBPM3gMxUcMeSPJpYV3g@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] This could be the project that you are interested in : https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu In your case,it could be called quick bhyve. So let's get started. I'm also interested in collaborating. On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 5:32 PM Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 5:10 PM Connor Cooper <connor.a.cooper@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hello, I am presenting you all with an idea for the bhyve project that > involves the ports tree. I've noticed that a lot of VPS providers have > their own images available for various operating systems and it's > relatively easy to use compared to even standalone virtualization systems. > Considering the existence of FreeBSD and bhyve I also just noticed that the > ports tree could be a good potential place for bhyve users to access those > images. What is the input of the FreeBSD virtualization community regarding > this idea? Thanks. > > Some helper scripts, example configurations, maybe some image > downloader program (with easy to use terminal ui), in the ports, yes > :-) > > But we do not really want to host other projects/os releases in the > ports.. its not meant for that.. ports are just easy to use generic > automation scripts.. port tree is already pretty big now imagine how > many more GB would people with no interest in bhyve would have to get > over sometimes low bandwidth link :-) > > You may want to create a downloader program (preferably with terminal > ui maybe some gui) that would show list of all known operating systems > and their releases just to quickly get the ISO/VM image without even > opening a web browser. Such program should be platform independent so > it would be also helpful on other os. That program would be a good > candidate for a port. > > If you think of generic prebuilt bhyve images for various OS this also > could be useful. Some OS already provide VM images - are these > compatible with bhyve? Maybe those images could be easily converted? > Some OS would not even allow such prebuilt images distribution > (probably the commercial license restricted ones such as windows or > macos). Maybe this could be solved with a downloader/converter > program. Anyhow, various OS VM images would require a dedicated > repository but not a ports tree :-) > > Thanks for sharing your idea! Maybe this will result with a new useful > tool out there :-) > > -- > CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info > > -- Mario. [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div>This could be the project that you are interested in :<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu">https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu</a></div><div><br></div><div>In your case,it could be called quick bhyve. So let's get started. I'm also interested in collaborating.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 5:32 PM Tomek CEDRO <<a href="mailto:tomek@cedro.info">tomek@cedro.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 5:10 PM Connor Cooper <<a href="mailto:connor.a.cooper@gmail.com" target="_blank">connor.a.cooper@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > Hello, I am presenting you all with an idea for the bhyve project that involves the ports tree. I've noticed that a lot of VPS providers have their own images available for various operating systems and it's relatively easy to use compared to even standalone virtualization systems. Considering the existence of FreeBSD and bhyve I also just noticed that the ports tree could be a good potential place for bhyve users to access those images. What is the input of the FreeBSD virtualization community regarding this idea? Thanks.<br> <br> Some helper scripts, example configurations, maybe some image<br> downloader program (with easy to use terminal ui), in the ports, yes<br> :-)<br> <br> But we do not really want to host other projects/os releases in the<br> ports.. its not meant for that.. ports are just easy to use generic<br> automation scripts.. port tree is already pretty big now imagine how<br> many more GB would people with no interest in bhyve would have to get<br> over sometimes low bandwidth link :-)<br> <br> You may want to create a downloader program (preferably with terminal<br> ui maybe some gui) that would show list of all known operating systems<br> and their releases just to quickly get the ISO/VM image without even<br> opening a web browser. Such program should be platform independent so<br> it would be also helpful on other os. That program would be a good<br> candidate for a port.<br> <br> If you think of generic prebuilt bhyve images for various OS this also<br> could be useful. Some OS already provide VM images - are these<br> compatible with bhyve? Maybe those images could be easily converted?<br> Some OS would not even allow such prebuilt images distribution<br> (probably the commercial license restricted ones such as windows or<br> macos). Maybe this could be solved with a downloader/converter<br> program. Anyhow, various OS VM images would require a dedicated<br> repository but not a ports tree :-)<br> <br> Thanks for sharing your idea! Maybe this will result with a new useful<br> tool out there :-)<br> <br> -- <br> CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, <a href="http://www.tomek.cedro.info" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.tomek.cedro.info</a><br>; <br> </blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Mario.<br></div>help
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