Open Source Summit is the premier event to get introduced to open source and to learn more about the trends that are surrounding this space. This year’s Open Source Summit will be held in Vancouver, BC from August 29 – 31. The event covers a wide range of topics from blockchain to security to virtualization to containers and much more.
We are very excited to have a few members of the Xen Project attending the conference and are extremely excited to host a workshop to help folks learn more about using Xen and its related technologies. If you are looking to go or are attending, below is where we will be. Come by, and say “hi.”
Xen: The Way of the Panda
Lars Kurth, the chairperson of the Xen Project, is hosting a workshop that will guide you through getting started with the Xen Project Hypervisor. Usually, you will use Xen indirectly as part of a commercial product, a distro, a hosting or cloud service and only indirectly use Xen. By following this session you will learn how Xen and virtualization work under the hood. The workshop will cover:
- The Xen architecture and architecture concepts related to virtualization in general;
- Storage and Networking in Xen;
- More practically you will learn how to install Xen, create guests and work with them;
- A detailed look at virtualization modes, boot process and troubleshooting Xen setups;
- Memory management (ballooning), virtual CPUs, scheduling, pinning, saving/restoring and migrating VMs;
- If time permits, we will cover some more advanced topics.
Seating is limited for this session. If you would like to attend, be sure to register asap. The workshop is happening on Wednesday, August 29 from 2:10 – 3:40 pm. Please also follow the preparation guide that is attached to the talk: you will need to download some software packages on your laptop prior to the session to avoid issues with internet bandwidth.
Disclosure Policies in the World of the Cloud: A Look Behind the Scenes
The tech world does not exist in silos and one security vulnerability can impact an entire ecosystem (case in point Meltdown and Spectre). How do open source projects and companies alike ensure that their security disclosure policies are up to standards, especially in the world of cloud computing?
This session, also led by Lars, will introduce different patterns for managing the disclosure of security vulnerabilities in use today and explore their trade-offs and limitations. Come to listen in on the conversation on Wednesday, August 29 from 12:00 – 12:40 pm.
A New Open Source Technology to Secure Containers for IoT
Containers are extremely convenient to package applications and deploy them quickly across the data center. They enable microservices oriented approaches to the development of complex apps. These technologies are benefiting the data center, but are struggling to find their place at the edge.
Embedded developers need the convenience of containers for deployment while retaining real-time capabilities and supporting mixing and matching of applications with different safety and criticality profiles on the same SoC.
A long-time contributor to the Xen Project, Stefano Stabellini, will be presenting on how ViryaOS is aiming to bring the power of containers to the embedded developer. Stefano will be talking through the proof of concept for this new technology on Wednesday, August 29 from 5:40 – 6:20 pm.
We look forward to seeing you at OSS! If you want to connect with us at the conference, please be sure to reach out to Stefano (@stabellinist) or Lars (@lars_kurth) via Twitter. You can also drop us a line in the comments section.
