opencontainers / opencontainers/runc

WebAssembly support

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Description

I would like to propose adding WebAssembly runtime support for runc through WasmEdge integration. It would enable runc to load and run OCI compliant images for WebAssembly applications. This was recently added to the crun project as an experimental feature. See some examples here:

https://github.com/second-state/wasmedge-containers-examples

We could use WasmEdge's GO SDK to perform the integration.

Disclosure: I am the maintainer of WasmEdge, and we could do the work if you guys think it is a good idea. :)

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Research direction

Start by reviewing runc's runtime architecture and the experimental WebAssembly support in crun, then read the WasmEdge Go SDK and the linked WasmEdge container examples. Define the integration boundaries and compatibility expectations before implementing support; done means runc can load and run OCI-compliant WebAssembly application images.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go, wasm
Domain
devops, infrastructure
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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