Building a Minimal, Rootless Container in Rust
A ground-up walkthrough of Linux container fundamentals in Rust: namespace isolation, rootless execution, and filesystem isolation using the nix crate and the Linux kernel. Inspired by Bento, a from-scratch container runtime in Rust built to understand how container runtimes work under the hood. Built live at the Seattle Rust User Group, March 2026.
Links:
🦀 Talk Code: https://github.com/CarloQuick/container-talk
🍱 Bento: https://github.com/CarloQuick/bento
💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carloquick
📊 Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_7EwcKPybzNC_Qpz80lYa7p-9LG-ivG…
Seattle Rust User Group:
• https://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Rust-Meetup/
• https://discord.gg/4pDnjgaEV6
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