[[!template id=project

title="NetBSD/azure -- Bringing NetBSD to Microsoft Azure"

contact="""
[port-xen](mailto:port-xen@NetBSD.org)
"""

mentors="""
[Christos Zoulas](mailto:christos@NetBSD.org)
"""

category="kernel"
difficulty="medium"
duration="3 months"
done_by="NONAKA Kimihiro"

description="""
[Microsoft's cloud platform](http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/) WindowsAzure has ec2-like features of creating custom virtual disks.

Would it be possible to push NetBSD onto this platform?

Yes !

Kimihiro Nonaka (nonakap@) did the port in a [branch](https://github.com/IIJ-NetBSD/netbsd-src/compare/master...nonakap:nonakap/hyperv) on github.

With his patch applied, you can boot NetBSD on MS Azure: [dmesg](http://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi?do=view&id=3628)



[Wikipedia article describing the virtualization platform](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V)

[Marketing material about azure virtual machines](http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/home/scenarios/virtual-machines/)

[FreeBSD drivers for the Hyper-V virtual machine interface](https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/sys/dev/hyperv/)

Milestones for this project:

* process for automatically building azure-friendly images, similar to amazon AMI

"""

]]