Red Hat, Inc.

Raymond Strode, Jr

Debarshi Ray

Matthias Clasen

Alexander Larsson

Alexander Tobias Larsson

Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for managing containers across operating systems in a computer system. A method of the disclosure includes: causing a first container management agent in a first container to run a user interface in the first container, receiving a user request to create a copy of the first container, creating a second container in view of the first container, receiving, from the user interface running in the first container, a first command to switch from the first container to the second container, and responsive to receiving the first command to switch from the first container to the second container: configuring the second container in view of one or more configurations of the first container, causing a second container management agent in the second container to run the user interface in the second container, and causing execution of the first container to stop.

Managing containers across multiple operating systems

Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for managing containers across operating systems in a computer system. A method of the disclosure includes: running a first container corresponding to a first operating system, wherein the first container is created in view of a container image; receiving a user request to switch from the first operating system to a second operating system; in response to receiving the user request, switching, by a processing device, from the first container to a second container corresponding to the second operating system, wherein the second container is created in view of the container image, wherein switching from the first container to the second container comprises: configuring the second container in view of a plurality of configurations of the first container; and running the configured second container.

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Westford, MA, United States of America

Raymond Strode, Jr