VMworld 2015/Photon

Photon

Photon OS™ by VMware® - https://vmware.github.io/photon/

• VMware Photon OS™ - Minimal Linux Container Host

vmware/photon · GitHub - https://github.com/vmware/photon

VMware launches vSphere Integrated Containers and the Photon Platform | VentureBeat | Enterprise | by Jordan Novet - http://venturebeat.com/2015/08/31/vmware-launches-vsphere-integrated-containers-and-the-photon-platform/

What is Photon OS™

Photon OS™ is a technology preview of a minimal Linux container host. It is designed to have a small footprint and boot extremely quickly on VMware platforms. Photon OS™ is intended to invite collaboration around running containerized applications in a virtualized environment.

• Optimized for vSphere - Validated on VMware product and provider platforms.
• Container support - Compatible with Docker, rkt, and the Pivotal Garden container specifications.
• Efficient lifecycle management - Contains a new, open-source, yum-compatible package manager that will help make the system as small as possible, but preserve the robust yum package management capabilities.