What software is supported

This page describes what big and famous opensource software is checked to work with criu (i.e. -- can be dumped and restored).

name	status	details
make and gcc	works	checked make -j kernel sources compilation
tar and bz2	works	checked creation of a pseudo-random tree archive
git	in progress	-
sendmail	partially	tested without active connection
apache	works	-
mysql	works	-
ssh and sshd	works	-
crond	works	-
java (openjdk-1.6.0)	partially	trivial "Hello word" example with sleep in circle works, need to test some mature real program
screen + bash + top	works	-
MongoDB (2.0.7-1.el6.x86_64) + mongo-perf	works	-
nginx (1.0.15-2.el6.x86_64)	works
tcpdump	works	checked with -i option (binding to device) and expression (packet filter)
oracle db	seem to work	it requires a hack in a kernel, but it looks like all the rest is OK
iperf	works	client was C/R-ed with live connection to server
openvpn	seem to work	checked minimal configuration and ping-s

This list of software is run from under VNC server (we use tigervnc) with active client connected and is C/R-ed fine (need to run one in IPC namespace to properly handle SYSVIPC stuff)

name	status	details
XScreensaver	works	-
libre-office	works	-
IceWM	works	-
gimp	works	-
inkscape	works	-
blender	works	-
mplayer	works	demo video
supertux game	works	-
eclipse + java app	works	-

See also

• What cannot be checkpointed