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# Platforms (KVM)
[TOC]
This document will help you set up your system to use a different gVisor
platform.
## What is a Platform?
gVisor requires a *platform* to implement interception of syscalls, basic
context switching, and memory mapping functionality. These are described in more
depth in the [Platform Design](../../architecture_guide/platforms/).
## Selecting a Platform
The platform is selected by the `--platform` command line flag passed to
`runsc`. By default, the ptrace platform is selected. To select a different
platform, modify your Docker configuration (`/etc/docker/daemon.json`) to pass
this argument:
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"runsc": {
"path": "/usr/local/bin/runsc",
"runtimeArgs": [
"--platform=kvm"
]
}
}
}
```
You must restart the Docker daemon after making changes to this file, typically
this is done via `systemd`:
```bash
sudo systemctl restart docker
```
## Example: Using the KVM Platform
The KVM platform is currently experimental; however, it provides several
benefits over the default ptrace platform.
### Prerequisites
You will also to have KVM installed on your system. If you are running a Debian
based system like Debian or Ubuntu you can usually do this by installing the
`qemu-kvm` package.
```bash
sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm
```
If you are using a virtual machine you will need to make sure that nested
virtualization is configured. Here are links to documents on how to set up
nested virtualization in several popular environments:
* Google Cloud: [Enabling Nested Virtualization for VM Instances][nested-gcp]
* Microsoft Azure:
[How to enable nested virtualization in an Azure VM][nested-azure]
* VirtualBox: [Nested Virtualization][nested-virtualbox]
* KVM: [Nested Guests][nested-kvm]
***Note: nested virtualization will have poor performance and is historically a
cause of security issues (e.g.
[CVE-2018-12904](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12904)). It is not
recommended for production.***
### Configuring Docker
Per above, you will need to configure Docker to use `runsc` with the KVM
platform. You will remember from the Docker Quick Start that you configured
Docker to use `runsc` as the runtime. Docker allows you to add multiple runtimes
to the Docker configuration.
Add a new entry for the KVM platform entry to your Docker configuration
(`/etc/docker/daemon.json`) in order to provide the `--platform=kvm` runtime
argument.
In the end, the file should look something like:
```json
{
"runtimes": {
"runsc": {
"path": "/usr/local/bin/runsc"
},
"runsc-kvm": {
"path": "/usr/local/bin/runsc",
"runtimeArgs": [
"--platform=kvm"
]
}
}
}
```
You must restart the Docker daemon after making changes to this file, typically
this is done via `systemd`:
```bash
sudo systemctl restart docker
```
## Running a container
Now run your container using the `runsc-kvm` runtime. This will run the
container using the KVM platform:
```bash
docker run --runtime=runsc-kvm --rm hello-world
```
[nested-azure]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/nested-virtualization
[nested-gcp]: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/enable-nested-virtualization-vm-instances
[nested-virtualbox]: https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/UserManual.html#nested-virt
[nested-kvm]: https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Nested_Guests
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