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Re: Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers

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I am from AWS. Could we please change the title to say “Bottlerocket from AWS“. Like Firecracker [1] it’s explicitly not AWS branded. 1. https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker

You're adorable :)

Always. I just wanted to do it before msw :)

Re: Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers

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Bottlerocket does not package docker. It packages containerd instead for its container runtime.

What is the docker-engine package for then? https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket/tree/develop...

Sorry, I should have been more clear. The docker packages are there for the development build of Bottlerocket. The Kubernetes variant does not use the docker packages for its build. See more about variants here: https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket/tree/develop...

Re: Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers

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What is the docker-engine package for then? https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket/tree/develop...

Sorry, I should have been more clear. The docker packages are there for the development build of Bottlerocket. The Kubernetes variant does not use the docker packages for its build. See more about variants here: https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket/tree/develop...

Ah ok, thanks, still finding my way around.

Re: Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers

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I am from AWS. Could we please change the title to say “Bottlerocket from AWS“. Like Firecracker [1] it’s explicitly not AWS branded. 1. https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker

You’ll have better luck emailing:

mailto:hn@ycombinator.com

Re: Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers

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I’m here for the puns like updog: https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket/blob/develop...

Glad you're enjoying them! We have a glossary just in case: https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket/blob/develop... (my personal favorite is Laika, the first dog in space and our pre-init binary)

Honestly, reading the glossary gives me Urbit [1] vibes :(

> bork: A setting generator called by sundog to generate the random seed for updog, determining where the host falls in the update order.

[1]: https://urbit.org/docs/glossary/

Re: Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers

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I am from AWS. Could we please change the title to say “Bottlerocket from AWS“. Like Firecracker [1] it’s explicitly not AWS branded. 1. https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker

Speaking of branding, I've some questions:

1. When are services branded as AWS (AWS Fargate) vs Amazon (Amazon DynamoDB)?

2. Is BottleRocket a nod to SkyRocket [0] or a movie of the same name?

3. Why is it called Fargate [1]?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyrocket

[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=ye3-gUwu9tI&t=44m28s

Re: Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers

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A link to the actual source code (90% Rust) and README: https://github.com/bottlerocket-os/bottlerocket And here is a post from AWS with more technical details: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/bottlerocket-open-source-os...

From the AWS Compliance Shared Responsibility Model: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-mode...

Operating system maintenance falls under the Customer responsibility side. With using this new OS, would this responsibility shift back to AWS?

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Opening line from their announcement blog post: >It is safe to say that our industry has decided that containers are now the chosen way to package and scale applications. Curious how the HN community feels about that statement. Not so much about the truth of the statement but about the fact that containers are becoming the de facto method of packaging applications.

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Re: Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers

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I am from AWS. Could we please change the title to say “Bottlerocket from AWS“. Like Firecracker [1] it’s explicitly not AWS branded. 1. https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker

Speaking of branding, I've some questions: 1. When are services branded as AWS (AWS Fargate) vs Amazon (Amazon DynamoDB)? 2. Is BottleRocket a nod to SkyRocket [0] or a movie of the same name? 3. Why is it called Fargate [1]? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyrocket [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=ye3-gUwu9tI&t=44m28s

To answer your first question, AFAIK, standalone services that can be used on their own are prefixed with Amazon (eg S3, EC2, DDB), whereas services that are deeply integrated into AWS ecosystem are prefixed with AWS.

Disclaimer: I work for AWS, but this is not an official answer. What I said is correct to my best knowledge, but I cannot guarantee its correctness/accuracy.

Re: Bottlerocket: An operating system designed for hosting containers

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Speaking of branding, I've some questions: 1. When are services branded as AWS (AWS Fargate) vs Amazon (Amazon DynamoDB)? 2. Is BottleRocket a nod to SkyRocket [0] or a movie of the same name? 3. Why is it called Fargate [1]? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyrocket [1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=ye3-gUwu9tI&t=44m28s

To answer your first question, AFAIK, standalone services that can be used on their own are prefixed with Amazon (eg S3, EC2, DDB), whereas services that are deeply integrated into AWS ecosystem are prefixed with AWS. Disclaimer: I work for AWS, but this is not an official answer. What I said is correct to my best knowledge, but I cannot guarantee its correctness/accuracy.

This is the correct answer, it was mentioned in an AWS Cert training.
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