Linux namespaces

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Namespace kinds

Mount points PID Init Orphaned processes Network stack

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History

Plan 9 from Bell Labs System call

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Adoption

Container Google Chrome Chromium Flatpak Snap

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Overview

Linux kernel Kernel Processes Process IDs Inter-process communication

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Developers: Eric W. Biederman, Pavel Emelyanov, Al Viro, Cyrill Gorcunov, Tejun Heo et al.
License: GPL and LGPL
Operating system: Linux
Original author: Al Viro
Release: 2002; 24 years ago (2002)
Type: System software

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Overview

Linux kernel
Kernel Kernel (operating system)
Processes Process (computing)
Process IDs Process ID
Inter-process communication
Cgroups
OS-level virtualization
Linux containerization Linux containers
Docker Docker (software)
Kubernetes
LXC
Podman
Huawei
Systemd
Integrity Measurement Architecture Integrity Measurement Architecture?action=edit&redlink=1

History

Namespace kinds

Mount points Mount point
PID Process identifier
Init
Orphaned processes Orphan process
Network stack
Loopback Localhost
IP addresses IP address
Routing table
Socket Network socket
Firewall rules Firewall (computing)
Iptables
Nftables
SysV UNIX System V
POSIX
Hostname
Domain name
Uname
Time-Sharing
Root Superuser
Cgroup

Administrative hierarchy

Capability Capability (computers)

Implementation details

Procfs
Clone Clone (system call)?action=edit&redlink=1
File descriptor

Adoption

Container Containerization (computing)
Google Chrome
Chromium Chromium (web browser)
Flatpak
Snap Snap (software)
Util-linux
Chroot

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Nodes55

Edges54

Triples34

Avg. degree1.96

Density0.036364

Components1

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Linux namespaces

Top relations

related to Adoption · 15

Linux namespaces → Beyond, Chromium, Docker, Examples, Flatpak, Google Chrome, Kubernetes, Linux, Linux Containers, LXC, Package, PID, Podman, Snap, They

related to history · 8

Linux namespaces → Al Viro, Because, Bell Labs, Linux, New Namespace, Plan, The, The Linux

Developers · 1

Linux namespaces → Eric W. Biederman, Pavel Emelyanov, Al Viro, Cyrill Gorcunov, Tejun Heo et al.

License · 1

Linux namespaces → GPL and LGPL

Operating system · 1

Linux namespaces → Linux

Original author · 1

Linux namespaces → Al Viro

Release · 1

Linux namespaces → 2002; 24 years ago (2002)

Type · 1

Linux namespaces → System software

Written in · 1

Linux namespaces → C

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Important terminology

namespace namespaces process kernel processes user pid linux system network resources new host container mount type containers inside one isolated

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Linux namespaces	Developers	Eric W. Biederman, Pavel Emelyanov, Al Viro, Cyrill Gorcunov, Tejun Heo et al.	1.00	infobox
Linux namespaces	License	GPL and LGPL	1.00	infobox
Linux namespaces	Operating system	Linux	1.00	infobox
Linux namespaces	Original author	Al Viro	1.00	infobox
Linux namespaces	Release	2002; 24 years ago (2002)	1.00	infobox
Linux namespaces	Type	System software	1.00	infobox
Linux namespaces	Written in	C	1.00	infobox
Docker	instance of	are the foundational technologies underpinning modern OS-level virtualization and Linux containerization platforms	0.80	text
Kubernetes	instance of	are the foundational technologies underpinning modern OS-level virtualization and Linux containerization platforms	0.80	text
LXC	instance of	are the foundational technologies underpinning modern OS-level virtualization and Linux containerization platforms	0.80	text
and Podman	instance of	are the foundational technologies underpinning modern OS-level virtualization and Linux containerization platforms	0.80	text
Linux namespaces	related to Adoption	Linux	0.60	section

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