Can sonic be run as a container?

[Prashankalikotayt]

Hi all, Can sonic be run as a container(linux lxc)? If yes how do we build it or containerize it?

Thanks Regards, Prashant K

[ebiken]

Yes, it's possible while there are several limitations (e.g. some stats not available) on docker based SONiC.

• You can find how to run SONiC Virtual Switch on Docker here: https://github.com/Azure/sonic-buildimage/blob/master/platform/vs/README.vsdocker.md
• Get prebuilt images here: https://sonic-build.azurewebsites.net/ui/sonic/pipelines
  • navigate: "Build History (for Platform=vs)" -> "Artifacts" -> "sonic-buildimage.vs"
  • download image: target/docker-sonic-vs.gz
• Convenient script to build your own image: https://github.com/antongisli/sonic-builder

[ciroiriarte]

I'm curious about this too. I got my hands on beefy servers with embedded Trident II ASIC.

I wonder if I can run Proxmox on it with SONiC as a LXC container.

What are the known shortcomings regarding the stats?, which ones are missing?