Lambda Linux VirtualBox flavor is a Linux guest ISO image for VirtualBox hypervisor. It is designed to provide a stable, secure and high performance local container host. It runs completely from RAM. Lambda Linux is based on Amazon Linux, the Linux operating system that powers AWS.
- LTS Kernel v4.9.27
- VirtualBox Guest Additions v5.1.20
- Docker v17.03.1-ce
- Device mapper storage driver in direct-lvm mode
- Container and data persistence via disk auto mount on
/var/lib/lambda-machine-localanddocker-poollogical volume - Rolling release with atomic updates
In addition to being a stable and secure container host, Lambda Linux VirtualBox flavor is backed by a fully featured base operating system with the following features –
| Package Category | Package Name |
|---|---|
| Editors | vim, emacs |
| Programming languages | perl, tcl gcc48, clang ruby18, ruby20, ruby21, ruby22, ruby23 python26, python27, python34, python35 php56, php70 golang16, golang17 (in EPLL Repository) nodejs4, nodejs6 (in EPLL Repository) java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.8.0-openjdk tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8 |
| Databases | mysql55, mysql56 postgresql93, postgresql94, postgresql95 |
| Webserver | httpd24, lighttpd, nginx, haproxy |
| Shell | dash, bash, tcsh, zsh |
The Container flavor of Lambda Linux Base OS, used for development and testing is available on Docker Hub.
For your workloads on AWS we recommend using baseimage-amzn or Amazon Linux Container Image, so you can be supported by Amazon Linux team.
Installation should be performed via Lambda Machine Local. The ISO image can also be downloaded here.
Lambda Linux VirtualBox flavor is used
via
Lambda Machine Local which
leverages VirtualBox's VBoxManage to initialize, start, stop and delete the VM
right from the command line.