tinit - tiny init for microvm

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tinit, a tiny but valid init for microvm

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What is tinit?

tinit, basic and tiny init for microvm, it's a valid init, but it's not a full init, it's just a simple init, it's not a replacement for systemd, it's just a simple init for microvm.

  • It mounts required filesystems.
  • It configures the network.
  • It configures the hostname.
  • It runs the user specified command.

Compile from source

  • You need to install the following packages:
  • make
  • gcc

  • git

  • Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/mofm/tinit.git
  • You can edit the Makefile to change the installation directory or CFLAGS or etc.
  • Compile:
make

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