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Hyperlight: Debugging hardware-protected guests

This post introduces GDB and LLDB debugging support for Hyperlight micro-VM guests, enabling developers to attach a debugger at runtime and step through code executing inside a hardware-protected VM. It walks through a hands-on example using the KubeCon NA 2024 demo application, explains the technical architecture of how the GDB protocol communicates across the VM boundary, and covers supported features including breakpoints, memory/register inspection, and instruction stepping. Written by Doru Blânzeanu.

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Hyperlight Wasm: Fast, secure, and OS-free

This post announces Hyperlight Wasm, a Hyperlight VM micro-guest that runs WebAssembly component workloads written in many programming languages via the Wasmtime runtime. By combining Hyperlight’s hardware VM isolation with Wasm’s software sandbox, it delivers dual-layer security with 1–2 ms cold starts and broad language compatibility through WASI and the Component Model. The post also covers Azure Front Door Edge Actions, powered by Hyperlight. Written by Yosh Wuyts.

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Build a Hyperlight C guest to securely execute JavaScript

This tutorial demonstrates how to create a Hyperlight guest application in C that uses the QuickJS JavaScript engine to securely execute arbitrary JavaScript inside a hardware-protected micro-VM. It walks through building the guest using the Hyperlight C API, compiling with clang against Hyperlight’s custom libc, and creating a Rust host application that loads and calls the guest. Written by Ludvig Liljenberg.

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Hyperlight: Achieving 0.0009-second micro-VM execution time

This post walks through the demo application from Rita Zhang’s KubeCon NA 2024 keynote, showing how Hyperlight achieves 0.0009-second average micro-VM execution time. It explores the demo app’s architecture — a Rust-based web server with cold and warm VM routes — and explains how Hyperlight creates a brand-new hardware-protected micro-VM for each request, executes a guest function, and tears it down, all within sub-millisecond timeframes. Written by Danilo Chiarlone.

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Hyperlight at KubeCon NA 2024: Keynote Demo

At the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 keynote in Salt Lake City, Microsoft’s Rita Zhang demonstrated Hyperlight on stage, showing how it can execute multiple functions inside a micro virtual machine and return results in just 0.0009 seconds on average. This was one of Hyperlight’s first major public appearances and showcased the project’s sub-millisecond execution capabilities to the cloud-native community.

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