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Create a Virtual Machine from php, perl, or python? Is it possible or has it been done?

I had this thought experiment of installing an OS on a php server over http.

So, what I am asking: Would it be possible to build a VM player (using the server's resources) from a server language like perl, php, or python? Or is my understanding of servers and security lacking in a way that would show this to be impossible?

Solution

  • It's not as outlandish as you might think.

    UeberHacker Fabrice Bellard (the guy who created QEMU, among many other notable achievements) recently did precisely that. He created a VM in Javascript. That runs a virtual Linux system in your Web browser:

    http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2011/05/pc-emulator-in-javascript-run-linux-in.html