The release of the free distribution kit MyBee 13.1.0, built on the basis of FreeBSD 13.1 technologies and providing an API for working with virtual machines (via the bhyve hypervisor) and containers (based on the FreeBSD jail), has taken place. The distribution is designed to be installed on a dedicated physical server. Installation image size - 1.7GB
The basic MyBee installation provides the ability to create, destroy, start and stop virtual environments. By creating their own microservices and registering their endpoints in the API (for example, microservices of snapshots, migrations, checkpoints, cloning, renaming, etc. can be easily implemented), users can design and extend the API for any task and create specific solutions.
In addition, the distribution includes a large number of profiles of modern operating systems, such as Debian, CentOS, Rocky, Kali, Oracle, Ubuntu, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonflyBSD and NetBSD, ready for immediate use. Network and access configuration is carried out using the cloud-init (for *Unix OS) and cloudbase (for Windows) packages. Also, the project provides tools for creating your own images. One example of a custom image is a Kubernetes cluster, also launched through the API (Kubernetes support is provided using the K8S-bhyve project).
The high speed of deployment of virtual machines and the operation of the bhyve hypervisor allows the distribution kit in the single-node installation mode to find application in application testing tasks, as well as in research activities. In the case of combining several MyBee servers into a cluster, the distribution kit can be used as a base for building private clouds and FaaS / SaaS platforms. Despite the presence of the simplest API access control system, the distribution kit is designed to work only in trusted environments.
The distribution kit is developed by the participants of the CBSD project and is notable for the absence of any bindings to the code affiliated with foreign companies, as well as the use of a completely alternative technology stack.
Source: opennet.ru