# About Firecracker on miniONE **URL:** \ **Category:** Integration Support\ **Created:** [July 24, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/about-firecracker-on-minione/8676 "2020-07-24T09:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Liorme](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/liorme/32/6115_2.png) [@Liorme](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Liorme)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/about-firecracker-on-minione/8676/1 "2020-07-24T09:40:12Z")
this : [GitHub - OpenNebula/minione: Easy to use deployment tool for an OpenNebula evaluation environment](https://github.com/OpenNebula/minione) it says : Run the commands to deploy the evaluation cloud: does evaluation cloud means that it’ll expire sometime after the installation? ---
**Author:** ![amarti](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/amarti/32/6290_2.png) [@amarti](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/amarti)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 7:59am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/about-firecracker-on-minione/8676/2 "2020-07-25T07:59:18Z")
> [@Liorme](#): > > does evaluation cloud means that it’ll expire sometime after the installation? Hi @Liorme! miniONE is a simple deployment tool for installing a single-node KVM, LXD or Firecraker cloud inside a virtual machine or physical host. It’s just not designed for setting up OpenNebula in a production environment, but it’s under [Apache License 2.0](https://github.com/OpenNebula/minione/blob/master/LICENSE) so you can of course use it for as long as you wish 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Liorme](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/liorme/32/6115_2.png) [@Liorme](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/Liorme)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/about-firecracker-on-minione/8676/3 "2020-07-25T08:31:45Z")
oh, thank you 🙂 what does it mean “not designed” ? how so? also, i understand the kvm structure. but what’s the different between lxd and firecracker? i’m mostly asking for the usage of containers ---
**Author:** ![amarti](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/amarti/32/6290_2.png) [@amarti](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/amarti)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/about-firecracker-on-minione/8676/4 "2020-07-27T11:28:02Z")
Hi @Liorme! > [@Liorme](#): > > what does it mean “not designed” ? how so? miniONE typically deploys OpenNebula on a single server (both front-end and a hypervisor node): [GitHub - OpenNebula/minione: Easy to use deployment tool for an OpenNebula evaluation environment](https://github.com/OpenNebula/minione) For a quick review of the many other options that come with the standard distribution ([https://opennebula.io/use/](https://opennebula.io/use/)), here you have a whitepaper that you might find helpful: [https://support.opennebula.pro/hc/en-us/articles/204210319-Open-Cloud-Reference-Architecture-White-Paper](https://support.opennebula.pro/hc/en-us/articles/204210319-Open-Cloud-Reference-Architecture-White-Paper) > [@Liorme](#): > > what’s the different between lxd and firecracker? i’m mostly asking for the usage of containers LXD is a system container manager ([Linux Containers - LXD - Has been moved to Canonical](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/introduction/)) whereas Firecracker can be used to run application containers (i.e. Docker Hub images) ‘inside’ a microVM. This recent blog post might help: [https://opennebula.io/deploying-container-based-applications-with-opennebula/](https://opennebula.io/deploying-container-based-applications-with-opennebula/) Enjoy the reading! 🤓 ---
**Author:** ![FrancJP](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/francjp/32/7690_2.png) [@FrancJP](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/FrancJP)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/about-firecracker-on-minione/8676/5 "2025-06-25T16:05:47Z")