zero_vm type
zero_vm is a unified container/virtual machine type. This can be used to start a virtual machine on a zos node give the following:
flist, this what provide the basevmimage or container image.- the
flistcontent is what changes thezero_vmmode. Anflistbuilt from a docker image or has files, or executable binaries will run in a container mode.ZOSwill inject it's ownkernel+initramfsto run the workload and kick start the definedflistentrypoint
- the
- private network to join (with assigned IP)
- optional public
ipv4oripv6 - optional disks. But at least one disk is required in case running
zero_vminvmmode, which is used to hold thevmroot image.
For more details on all parameters needed to run a zero_vm please refer to zero_vm data
Building your flist.
Please refer to this document here about how to build an compatible zero_vm flist