Nanoinit

A small, proper, init process for docker containers.

Why nanoinit?

Docker containers don't usually run with a true init process, and often times suffer from having un-reaped processes sitting around. There are other init processes that can take care of this. One of which is my_init which is written in Python. It works well, but the only issue is that it uses the Python runtime which uses a little more ram than we would like. Writing the nanoinit in C helps reduce the memory footprint, allowing more docker containers to run on a system.

Usage:

nanoinit [options...] [init command to run]
    Options:
    --quiet                 Set log level to warning
    --no-killall            Skip killall on shutdown
    --skip-startup-files    Skip /etc/rc.local and /etc/nanoinit.d/* files

If no command is specified, it defaults to: /opt/gonano/sbin/runsvdir -P /etc/service

Before running the init command, nanoinit will run:

• /etc/nanoinit.d/*
• /etc/rc.local

TODO

• documentation

Contributing

Contributions to the nanoinit project are welcome and encouraged. Nanoinit is a Nanobox project and contributions should follow the Nanobox Contribution Process & Guidelines.

Licence

Mozilla Public License Version 2.0