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# Youki Task Service
## Overview
The Youki task service provides a complete installation and configuration of [Youki](https://github.com/containers/youki), a container runtime written in Rust that is designed to be fast, safe, and memory-efficient. Youki is an implementation of the OCI (Open Container Initiative) runtime specification and serves as a modern alternative to runc with enhanced performance and security characteristics.
## Features
### Core Runtime Features
- **OCI Compliance** - Full implementation of OCI Runtime Specification v1.0+
- **High Performance** - Written in Rust for optimal performance and low overhead
- **Memory Safety** - Rust's memory safety guarantees prevent common vulnerabilities
- **Low Resource Usage** - Minimal CPU and memory footprint
- **Fast Container Startup** - Optimized container creation and execution
### Security Features
- **Memory Safety** - Rust prevents buffer overflows and memory corruption
- **Zero-Cost Abstractions** - High-level features without runtime overhead
- **Secure by Default** - Secure configuration defaults
- **Namespace Support** - Full Linux namespace support for isolation
- **Capability Management** - Fine-grained capability control
### Advanced Features
- **Cgroup Support** - Both cgroups v1 and v2 support
- **Rootless Containers** - Full rootless operation support
- **Hook Support** - OCI lifecycle hooks implementation
- **Logging Integration** - Structured logging and debugging
- **Cross-Platform** - Support for multiple architectures
### Integration Features
- **Containerd Integration** - Drop-in replacement for runc in containerd
- **Podman Integration** - Compatible with Podman container engine
- **Kubernetes Support** - Works with Kubernetes through containerd/CRI-O
- **Docker Compatibility** - Compatible with Docker through containerd
- **OCI Tooling** - Works with standard OCI tooling ecosystem
### Development Features
- **Rust Ecosystem** - Benefits from Rust's robust ecosystem
- **Modern Architecture** - Clean, maintainable codebase
- **Active Development** - Rapidly evolving with new features
- **Community Driven** - Open source with active community
- **Performance Monitoring** - Built-in performance measurement tools
## Configuration
### Basic Configuration
```kcl
youki: Youki = {
name: "youki"
version: "0.3.0"
}
```
### Production Configuration
```kcl
youki: Youki = {
name: "youki"
version: "0.3.0"
configuration: {
runtime_config: {
log_level: "info"
log_format: "json"
systemd_cgroup: true
rootless: true
no_pivot_root: false
no_new_keyring: false
}
security: {
no_new_privileges: true
selinux_enabled: true
apparmor_enabled: true
seccomp_enabled: true
default_capabilities: [
"CAP_CHOWN",
"CAP_DAC_OVERRIDE",
"CAP_FOWNER",
"CAP_FSETID",
"CAP_KILL",
"CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE",
"CAP_SETFCAP",
"CAP_SETGID",
"CAP_SETPCAP",
"CAP_SETUID",
"CAP_SYS_CHROOT"
]
dropped_capabilities: [
"CAP_AUDIT_CONTROL",
"CAP_AUDIT_READ",
"CAP_AUDIT_WRITE",
"CAP_BLOCK_SUSPEND",
"CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH",
"CAP_IPC_LOCK",
"CAP_IPC_OWNER",
"CAP_LEASE",
"CAP_LINUX_IMMUTABLE",
"CAP_MAC_ADMIN",
"CAP_MAC_OVERRIDE",
"CAP_MKNOD",
"CAP_NET_ADMIN",
"CAP_NET_RAW",
"CAP_SETGID",
"CAP_SETUID",
"CAP_SYS_ADMIN",
"CAP_SYS_BOOT",
"CAP_SYS_CHROOT",
"CAP_SYS_MODULE",
"CAP_SYS_NICE",
"CAP_SYS_PACCT",
"CAP_SYS_PTRACE",
"CAP_SYS_RAWIO",
"CAP_SYS_RESOURCE",
"CAP_SYS_TIME",
"CAP_SYS_TTY_CONFIG",
"CAP_SYSLOG",
"CAP_WAKE_ALARM"
]
}
resource_limits: {
default_memory_limit: "1GB"
default_cpu_quota: 100000 # 1 CPU
default_cpu_period: 100000
default_pids_limit: 1024
default_nofile_soft: 1024
default_nofile_hard: 4096
}
cgroup_config: {
cgroup_version: "v2"
systemd_cgroup: true
cgroup_path: "/sys/fs/cgroup"
unified_hierarchy: true
}
}
performance: {
optimization_level: "release"
memory_optimization: true
cpu_optimization: true
startup_optimization: true
binary_size_optimization: false
}
}
```
### Containerd Integration
```kcl
youki: Youki = {
name: "youki"
version: "0.3.0"
containerd_integration: {
enabled: true
runtime_type: "io.containerd.runc.v2"
runtime_engine: "youki"
runtime_root: "/run/containerd/youki"
shim_debug: false
shim_config: {
shim_cgroup: "youki"
containerd_binary: "/usr/bin/containerd"
containerd_address: "/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
}
runtime_options: {
SystemdCgroup: true
BinaryName: "/usr/local/bin/youki"
Root: "/run/containerd/youki"
NoPivotRoot: false
NoNewKeyring: false
}
}
features: {
seccomp: true
apparmor: true
selinux: true
cgroup_v2: true
user_namespaces: true
network_namespaces: true
mount_namespaces: true
pid_namespaces: true
ipc_namespaces: true
uts_namespaces: true
time_namespaces: true
}
}
```
### Podman Integration
```kcl
youki: Youki = {
name: "youki"
version: "0.3.0"
podman_integration: {
enabled: true
runtime_path: "/usr/local/bin/youki"
runtime_type: "oci"
runtime_supports_json: true
runtime_supports_kvm: false
runtime_supports_nocgroups: true
cgroup_manager: "systemd"
conmon_path: "/usr/bin/conmon"
conmon_env_vars: [
"PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
]
init_path: "/usr/libexec/podman/catatonit"
static_dir: "/var/lib/containers/storage/libpod"
tmp_dir: "/run/libpod"
volume_path: "/var/lib/containers/storage/volumes"
}
logging: {
log_driver: "journald"
log_level: "info"
log_size_max: "10MB"
log_opts: {
max_size: "10m"
max_file: "3"
}
syslog_facility: "daemon"
syslog_tag: "youki"
}
}
```
### Kubernetes CRI-O Integration
```kcl
youki: Youki = {
name: "youki"
version: "0.3.0"
crio_integration: {
enabled: true
runtime_path: "/usr/local/bin/youki"
runtime_type: "oci"
runtime_root: "/run/youki"
runtime_config_path: "/etc/youki/config.toml"
privileged_without_host_devices: false
allowed_annotations: [
"io.kubernetes.cri-o.userns-mode"
]
runtime_supports_json: true
runtime_supports_kvm: false
}
kubernetes_features: {
pod_level_resources: true
container_resources: true
security_context: true
read_only_root_filesystem: true
run_as_user: true
run_as_group: true
supplemental_groups: true
fs_group: true
selinux_options: true
seccomp_profile: true
apparmor_profile: true
}
}
```
### Development Configuration
```kcl
youki: Youki = {
name: "youki"
version: "0.3.0"
development: {
debug_enabled: true
debug_level: "trace"
log_to_console: true
log_to_file: true
log_file_path: "/var/log/youki/youki.log"
profiling_enabled: true
metrics_enabled: true
benchmark_mode: false
test_mode: false
}
build_config: {
target_triple: "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
profile: "release"
features: [
"systemd",
"cgroupsv2",
"seccomp",
"apparmor",
"selinux"
]
optimizations: {
lto: true
codegen_units: 1
panic: "abort"
strip_symbols: true
}
cross_compilation: {
enabled: false
targets: [
"aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu",
"armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf"
]
}
}
}
```
### High-Performance Configuration
```kcl
youki: Youki = {
name: "youki"
version: "0.3.0"
performance_tuning: {
cpu_optimization: {
cpu_affinity: true
numa_awareness: true
cpu_quota_enforcement: "strict"
cpu_shares: 1024
cpu_period: 100000
realtime_priority: false
}
memory_optimization: {
memory_swappiness: 10
memory_oom_kill_disable: false
memory_use_hierarchy: true
kernel_memory_tcp: true
memory_limit_in_bytes: "4GB"
memory_soft_limit_in_bytes: "3GB"
}
io_optimization: {
blkio_weight: 500
blkio_weight_device: []
blkio_throttle_read_bps_device: []
blkio_throttle_write_bps_device: []
blkio_throttle_read_iops_device: []
blkio_throttle_write_iops_device: []
}
network_optimization: {
network_priority: 0
network_classid: 0
network_bandwidth_limit: "1Gbps"
}
}
monitoring: {
metrics_collection: true
performance_counters: true
resource_usage_tracking: true
latency_measurements: true
throughput_measurements: true
memory_profiling: false
cpu_profiling: false
}
}
```
## Usage
### Deploy Youki
```bash
./core/nulib/provisioning taskserv create youki --infra <infrastructure-name>
```
### List Available Task Services
```bash
./core/nulib/provisioning taskserv list
```
### SSH to Youki Server
```bash
./core/nulib/provisioning server ssh <youki-server>
```
### Basic Runtime Operations
```bash
# Check youki version
youki --version
# Show youki info
youki info
# Check runtime features
youki features
# Display help
youki --help
youki create --help
```
### Container Lifecycle Management
```bash
# Create a container (requires OCI bundle)
youki create --bundle /path/to/bundle container-id
# Start the container
youki start container-id
# Check container state
youki state container-id
# Get container events
youki events container-id
# Execute command in container
youki exec container-id /bin/sh
# Kill container
youki kill container-id
# Delete container
youki delete container-id
```
### Container State Management
```bash
# List all containers
youki list
# Show detailed container state
youki state container-id --format json
# Pause container execution
youki pause container-id
# Resume paused container
youki resume container-id
# Get container statistics
youki ps container-id
# Update container resources
youki update --memory 512M container-id
```
### Integration with Containerd
```bash
# Configure containerd to use youki
sudo tee -a /etc/containerd/config.toml <<EOF
[plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.youki]
runtime_type = "io.containerd.runc.v2"
[plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.youki.options]
BinaryName = "/usr/local/bin/youki"
SystemdCgroup = true
EOF
# Restart containerd
sudo systemctl restart containerd
# Test with crictl
sudo crictl run --runtime youki container.json pod.json
```
### Integration with Podman
```bash
# Configure podman to use youki
mkdir -p ~/.config/containers
cat > ~/.config/containers/containers.conf <<EOF
[containers]
default_runtime = "youki"
[engine]
runtime_map = { "youki" = ["/usr/local/bin/youki"] }
EOF
# Run container with youki
podman run --runtime youki -it alpine:latest /bin/sh
# Check runtime being used
podman info | grep -A 5 runtimes
```
### Performance Testing
```bash
# Benchmark container creation
time youki create --bundle /path/to/bundle test-container
# Measure startup time
time (youki create --bundle /path/to/bundle test && youki start test)
# Memory usage monitoring
ps aux | grep youki
cat /proc/$(pgrep youki)/status | grep -E "(VmRSS|VmSize)"
# Performance comparison
hyperfine "youki create --bundle /path/to/bundle test-youki && youki start test-youki" \
"runc create --bundle /path/to/bundle test-runc && runc start test-runc"
```
### Debugging and Troubleshooting
```bash
# Enable debug logging
export YOUKI_LOG_LEVEL=debug
youki create --bundle /path/to/bundle container-id
# Check runtime logs
journalctl -u youki
# Trace system calls
strace -f youki create --bundle /path/to/bundle container-id
# Validate OCI bundle
youki spec-validate /path/to/bundle
# Check cgroup configuration
cat /sys/fs/cgroup/system.slice/containerd.service/youki-*/memory.max
```
### Development and Testing
```bash
# Build youki from source
git clone https://github.com/containers/youki.git
cd youki
cargo build --release
# Run integration tests
cargo test --tests
# Run performance benchmarks
cargo bench
# Generate documentation
cargo doc --open
# Check code formatting
cargo fmt --check
```
## Architecture
### System Architecture
```
┌─────────────────┐ ┌──────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
│ Container │────│ Youki Runtime │────│ Linux Kernel │
│ Engines │ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ • OCI Spec │ │ • Namespaces │
│ • Containerd │────│ • Process Mgmt │────│ • Cgroups │
│ • Podman │ │ • Resource Ctrl │ │ • Capabilities │
│ • CRI-O │ │ • Security │ │ • Seccomp │
└─────────────────┘ └──────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
```
### Youki Internal Architecture
```
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Youki Runtime │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ CLI Interface │ Core Engine │ System Interface │
│ │ │ │
│ • Commands │ • Container Mgmt │ • Namespace API │
│ • Config Parsing │ • Process Control │ • Cgroup API │
│ • State Management │ • Resource Limits │ • Mount API │
│ • Error Handling │ • Security Policy │ • Network API │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Rust Runtime Layer │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Memory Safety │ Performance │ Concurrency │
│ │ │ │
│ • Ownership Model │ • Zero-Cost Abs │ • Async Runtime │
│ • Borrow Checker │ • LLVM Optimized │ • Thread Safety │
│ • Type Safety │ • Minimal Runtime │ • Lock-Free Ops │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
```
### Performance Comparison
```
Runtime │ Language │ Binary Size │ Memory Usage │ Startup Time │ Throughput
─────────┼──────────┼─────────────┼──────────────┼───────────────┼───────────
youki │ Rust │ ~15MB │ ~8MB │ ~50ms │ High
runc │ Go │ ~20MB │ ~15MB │ ~100ms │ Medium
crun │ C │ ~1MB │ ~5MB │ ~30ms │ Very High
```
### File Structure
```
/usr/local/bin/youki # Main youki binary
/etc/youki/ # Configuration directory
├── config.toml # Runtime configuration
├── seccomp.json # Default seccomp profile
└── apparmor.conf # AppArmor configuration
/var/lib/youki/ # Runtime state directory
├── containers/ # Container state files
├── bundles/ # OCI bundle storage
└── logs/ # Runtime logs
/run/youki/ # Runtime directory
├── state.json # Global runtime state
└── containers/ # Per-container runtime data
~/.config/youki/ # User configuration
└── config.toml # User-specific settings
```
## Supported Operating Systems
- Ubuntu 20.04+ / Debian 11+
- CentOS 8+ / RHEL 8+ / Fedora 35+
- Amazon Linux 2+
- SUSE Linux Enterprise 15+
- Alpine Linux 3.15+
## System Requirements
### Minimum Requirements
- **Kernel**: Linux 5.0+ (5.4+ recommended)
- **RAM**: 100MB (minimal overhead)
- **Storage**: 50MB for binary and dependencies
- **CPU**: Any x86_64 or aarch64
- **Rust**: 1.65+ (for building from source)
### Production Requirements
- **Kernel**: Linux 5.10+ with all container features
- **RAM**: 1GB+ (depends on container workload)
- **Storage**: 10GB+ for container storage
- **CPU**: Multi-core recommended for performance
- **Features**: cgroups v2, user namespaces, seccomp
### Kernel Features Required
- **Namespaces** - PID, network, mount, UTS, IPC, user, time
- **Cgroups** - v1 and/or v2 support
- **Capabilities** - Linux capabilities system
- **Seccomp** - System call filtering
- **AppArmor/SELinux** - Mandatory access control (optional)
## Troubleshooting
### Installation Issues
```bash
# Check youki installation
youki --version
which youki
# Verify required kernel features
youki features
# Check system compatibility
youki check
# Build from source if needed
git clone https://github.com/containers/youki.git
cd youki && cargo build --release
```
### Runtime Issues
```bash
# Enable debug logging
export YOUKI_LOG_LEVEL=debug
export RUST_LOG=debug
# Check container state
youki state container-id
# Validate OCI bundle
youki spec-validate /path/to/bundle
# Check cgroup mounts
mount | grep cgroup
ls -la /sys/fs/cgroup/
```
### Performance Issues
```bash
# Check resource usage
youki ps container-id
top -p $(pgrep youki)
# Monitor system calls
strace -c youki start container-id
# Profile performance
perf record youki start container-id
perf report
# Memory profiling
valgrind --tool=massif youki start container-id
```
### Container Issues
```bash
# Check container logs
youki events container-id
journalctl -f | grep youki
# Debug container creation
youki create --bundle /bundle --debug container-id
# Check namespace setup
lsns -t pid,net,mnt,uts,ipc,user
ps -eo pid,pidns,netns,mntns,userns,comm
# Inspect cgroup configuration
cat /sys/fs/cgroup/*/youki-*/cgroup.controllers
systemd-cgls youki
```
### Integration Issues
```bash
# Check containerd integration
containerd config dump | grep youki
crictl info | grep -A 5 runtimes
# Test podman integration
podman info | grep -A 10 runtimes
podman run --runtime youki --rm hello-world
# Debug shim issues
journalctl -u containerd | grep youki
containerd --log-level debug
```
## Security Considerations
### Runtime Security
- **Memory Safety** - Rust prevents buffer overflows and memory corruption
- **Type Safety** - Strong type system prevents many security issues
- **Secure Defaults** - Secure configuration out of the box
- **Minimal Attack Surface** - Small, focused codebase
### Container Security
- **Namespace Isolation** - Full namespace support for process isolation
- **Capability Management** - Fine-grained Linux capability control
- **Seccomp Filtering** - System call filtering for attack prevention
- **AppArmor/SELinux** - Mandatory access control integration
### Resource Security
- **Cgroup Enforcement** - Strict resource limit enforcement
- **Memory Protection** - Memory limit and OOM protection
- **CPU Protection** - CPU usage and priority controls
- **I/O Protection** - Block and network I/O limits
### Operational Security
- **Audit Logging** - Comprehensive operation logging
- **State Validation** - Container state integrity checking
- **Secure Communication** - Secure inter-process communication
- **Regular Updates** - Active security maintenance
## Performance Optimization
### Build Optimization
- **Release Profile** - Use optimized release builds
- **Link-Time Optimization** - Enable LTO for better performance
- **Target-Specific** - Build for specific CPU architectures
- **Feature Selection** - Enable only required features
### Runtime Optimization
- **Cgroup v2** - Use cgroups v2 for better performance
- **Systemd Integration** - Use systemd for process management
- **Memory Management** - Optimize memory allocation patterns
- **CPU Affinity** - Pin containers to specific CPU cores
### System Optimization
- **Kernel Configuration** - Optimize kernel for container workloads
- **File System** - Use appropriate file systems (ext4, xfs, overlay2)
- **Network Stack** - Optimize network configuration
- **Storage Performance** - Use fast storage for container data
### Monitoring Optimization
- **Metrics Collection** - Collect relevant performance metrics
- **Resource Monitoring** - Monitor CPU, memory, I/O usage
- **Latency Tracking** - Track container startup and operation latencies
- **Throughput Monitoring** - Monitor container operation throughput
## Integration Examples
### Containerd Configuration
```toml
# /etc/containerd/config.toml
[plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.youki]
runtime_type = "io.containerd.runc.v2"
[plugins."io.containerd.grpc.v1.cri".containerd.runtimes.youki.options]
BinaryName = "/usr/local/bin/youki"
SystemdCgroup = true
Root = "/run/containerd/youki"
```
### CRI-O Configuration
```toml
# /etc/crio/crio.conf
[crio.runtime.runtimes.youki]
runtime_path = "/usr/local/bin/youki"
runtime_type = "oci"
runtime_root = "/run/youki"
```
### Systemd Service
```ini
[Unit]
Description=Youki Container Runtime
Documentation=https://github.com/containers/youki
[Service]
Type=notify
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/youki
Restart=always
RestartSec=5
Delegate=yes
KillMode=process
OOMScoreAdjust=-999
LimitNOFILE=1048576
LimitNPROC=1048576
LimitCORE=infinity
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
```
## Resources
- **Official Repository**: [github.com/containers/youki](https://github.com/containers/youki)
- **Documentation**: [containers.github.io/youki](https://containers.github.io/youki/)
- **OCI Runtime Spec**: [github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec)
- **Rust Documentation**: [doc.rust-lang.org](https://doc.rust-lang.org/)
- **Container Security**: [kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/)