Docker & dev embbeded on Qubes OS on P51

[jerome....@gmail.com]

Hi all,
I am waiting for the upcoming 4.0 release to install Qubes on a Thinkpad P51 (big machine). Before pressing the button I would like to know if some of my use cases are compatible with Qubes-OS...
-> 1) I am doing ARM Cortex programming based on GCC-arm-none-eabi , in this context USB connection with the external device is essential , so is USB pass through working well and may it cause problems?

-> 2) From time to time I am providing Java consulting, and now many customers use docker containers (no comments -) ) ... Is it possible inside a VM to run Docker ? No problem with firewalling & other stuff...

I have seen that installation on P51 may be tedious (but it works as stated on the HCL).. Is there any chance to see the process simplified with the 4.0 final version ?

Thanks for your support
regards
Jerome

[Holger Levsen]

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 04:29:51AM -0700, jerome....@gmail.com wrote:
> -> 2) From time to time I am providing Java consulting, and now many customers use docker containers (no comments -) ) ... Is it possible inside a VM to run Docker ? No problem with firewalling & other stuff...

yes, it's possible. Just that docker builds its own kernel module via
dkms, so you need the kernel headers installer, which I choose to
achieve by running a custom kernel in that VM as then I could just apt
install those headers…


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cheers,
Holger

[deadbrain]

Hi Holger,

thanks for the answer.... I may use a Debian/sid plus siduction kernel
inside this VM ....For my use case standard headers are sufficient , I
don't see the value added to install its own kernel, could you give more
details please?


Thanks again for the support

[Holger Levsen]

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 01:55:08PM +0200, deadbrain wrote:
> thanks for the answer.... I may use a Debian/sid plus siduction kernel
> inside this VM ....For my use case standard headers are sufficient , I don't
> see the value added to install its own kernel, could you give more details
> please?

you need the headers matching your running kernel. they exist as an rpm
package but unfortunatly as .deb, so instead of trying to get the
headers out of the rpm I choose to go with the debian kernel for that
VM.


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cheers,
Holger

[pixel fairy]

heres how to run docker in qubes 3.2, same method should work in 4.0

https://gist.github.com/xahare/6b47526354a92f290aecd17e12108353

[jerome....@gmail.com]

Le jeudi 19 octobre 2017 15:05:17 UTC+2, pixel fairy a écrit :
> heres how to run docker in qubes 3.2, same method should work in 4.0
>
> https://gist.github.com/xahare/6b47526354a92f290aecd17e12108353

Thanks for the link....

Regards