miniroot

docker but simpler

In contrast to Docker, miniroot does not:

• have a concept of images and layers
• isolate networks
• handle volumes or bind mounts
• have a central daemon

It's just a simple tool that utilises namespaces to run applications in a semi-isolated environment.

Usage

• get rootfs (you can use docker export container_name > export.tar for that)
• extract it somewhere
• run miniroot; example:

miniroot -root "/opt/something" -workdir "/usr/src/app" -init "/usr/local/bin/npm start"