attempt to start a firecracker vm

.github/workflows/c-compile.yml

@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cd nat46/modules
         KCPPFLAGS='-DNAT46_VERSION=\"test\" -Werror' make
+    - name: Install arkade
+      uses: alexellis/setup-arkade@v2
+    - name: Install firecracker
+      run: |
+        sudo arkade system install firecracker
+    - name: Run microVM
+      run: sudo -E ./run-vm.sh

run-vm.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Get a kernel and rootfs
+arch=`uname -m`
+dest_kernel="hello-vmlinux.bin"
+dest_rootfs="hello-rootfs.ext4"
+image_bucket_url="https://s3.amazonaws.com/spec.ccfc.min/img/quickstart_guide/$arch"
+
+if [ ${arch} = "x86_64" ]; then
+    kernel="${image_bucket_url}/kernels/vmlinux.bin"
+    rootfs="${image_bucket_url}/rootfs/bionic.rootfs.ext4"
+elif [ ${arch} = "aarch64" ]; then
+    kernel="${image_bucket_url}/kernels/vmlinux.bin"
+    rootfs="${image_bucket_url}/rootfs/bionic.rootfs.ext4"
+else
+    echo "Cannot run firecracker on $arch architecture!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Downloading $kernel..."
+curl -fsSL -o $dest_kernel $kernel
+
+echo "Downloading $rootfs..."
+curl -fsSL -o $dest_rootfs $rootfs
+
+echo "Saved kernel file to $dest_kernel and root block device to $dest_rootfs."
+
+# Start firecracker
+echo "Starting firecracker"
+firecracker --api-sock /tmp/firecracker.socket &
+firecracker_pid=$!
+
+# Set the guest kernel and rootfs
+rch=`uname -m`
+kernel_path=$(pwd)"/hello-vmlinux.bin"
+
+if [ ${arch} = "x86_64" ]; then
+    curl --unix-socket /tmp/firecracker.socket -i \
+      -X PUT 'http://localhost/boot-source'   \
+      -H 'Accept: application/json'           \
+      -H 'Content-Type: application/json'     \
+      -d "{
+            \"kernel_image_path\": \"${kernel_path}\",
+            \"boot_args\": \"console=ttyS0 reboot=k panic=1 pci=off\"
+       }"
+elif [ ${arch} = "aarch64" ]; then
+    curl --unix-socket /tmp/firecracker.socket -i \
+      -X PUT 'http://localhost/boot-source'   \
+      -H 'Accept: application/json'           \
+      -H 'Content-Type: application/json'     \
+      -d "{
+            \"kernel_image_path\": \"${kernel_path}\",
+            \"boot_args\": \"keep_bootcon console=ttyS0 reboot=k panic=1 pci=off\"
+       }"
+else
+    echo "Cannot run firecracker on $arch architecture!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+rootfs_path=$(pwd)"/hello-rootfs.ext4"
+curl --unix-socket /tmp/firecracker.socket -i \
+  -X PUT 'http://localhost/drives/rootfs' \
+  -H 'Accept: application/json'           \
+  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'     \
+  -d "{
+        \"drive_id\": \"rootfs\",
+        \"path_on_host\": \"${rootfs_path}\",
+        \"is_root_device\": true,
+        \"is_read_only\": false
+   }"
+
+# Start the guest machine
+curl --unix-socket /tmp/firecracker.socket -i \
+  -X PUT 'http://localhost/actions'       \
+  -H  'Accept: application/json'          \
+  -H  'Content-Type: application/json'    \
+  -d '{
+      "action_type": "InstanceStart"
+   }'
+
+# Kill the firecracker process to exit the workflow
+sleep 20
+kill -9 $firecracker_pid