ZeroVM is a simple virtual machine. ZeroVM can run (and isolate) 64-bit x86 applications in a 32-bit address space. ZeroVM works under Linux x86_64. For more information check out ZeroVM.org
Everything has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 12.04. No issues with VMWare Player. VirtualBox doesn't support SSE4.1, which is used by several of the provided samples.
To install ZeroVM build environment see toolchain installation guide: [toolchain] (https://github.com/zerovm/toolchain/blob/master/README.md)
Proceeed only after checking the link above.
- If your system doesn't have JRE, install a recent JRE.
- Download Eclipse CDT from the Eclipse download site. No installation necessary, just unpack and run executable.
- Download and install EGit plugin for Eclipse
- Point EGit to
git://github.com/zerovm/zerovm.gitand pull the most recent ZeroVM sources. - Select 'create C/C++ project from makefile" to create a new Eclipse project.
- Run the makefile to build the project and run unit tests.
If everything is ok you will see output of the unit tests. Now if you've got RUN OK PASSED messages, you have successfully compiled ZeroVM for your platform! You'll find the zerovm executable in the project root directory.
$ cd ~/zerovm
$ ./zerovm
ZeroVM tag1 lightweight VM manager, build 2013-10-08
Usage: <manifest> [-l#] [-v#] [-T#] [-stFPQ]
-l <gigabytes> file size limit (default 4Gb)
-s skip validation
-t <0..2> report to stdout/log/fast (default 0)
-v <0..3> log verbosity (default 0)
-F quit right before starting user session
-P disable channels space preallocation
-Q disable platform qualification
-T enable time/call tracing
You should see a usage message similar to the one above. If not check out the troubleshooting section below.
Some samples can be found in the tests/functional/ directory. More can be found in the zerovm/zrt project.
error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘AES_KEY’
Solution: missing libssl-dev library. Check the system prerequisites above
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lvalidator
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [zerovm] Error 1
Solution: Install [zerovm/validator][zerovm-validator] or consult the docs above.