xianlubird/mydocker resource

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Source code for the Chinese book '自己动手写Docker' (Build Your Own Docker), which guides readers through implementing a minimal container engine in Go. It covers Linux namespaces, cgroups, union filesystems, container lifecycle, and container networking step by step.

Use cases

• learn how docker works internally by building one in go
• understand linux namespaces and cgroups for containers
• implement a minimal container runtime from scratch
• study container networking with bridge networks
• learn how aufs and union filesystems back docker images
• prepare for working with runC or containerd internals

When to choose

• you want a hands-on, code-driven path to understanding container internals
• you know Go and want to implement namespaces, cgroups, and overlay filesystems yourself
• you're preparing to work on container runtimes or Kubernetes CRI internals

When to avoid

• you need a production-ready container engine - use Docker, containerd, or podman
• you want current best practices - the code targets older kernels and AUFS, last released in 2021
• you need English-language documentation - the book and comments are in Chinese

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learning-resource · maturity maintenance

container-runtime developer-tools developer-tools operating-systems tutorials go docker-internals linux-namespaces cgroups union-filesystem aufs book-source-code container-engine chinese-language education containers linux

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