Running kernel dependent applications inside a container

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• intercept a system call initiated by a container instance running on a host kernel;
• determine whether the initiating container instance is tagged with a mapping to a virtual machine (VM) also running on the host kernel;
• responsive to the initiating container instance being tagged with the mapping to the VM, redirect the system call to the mapped VM, wherein the system call is to be processed by the VM.

A computer system, comprising a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• intercepting a system call initiated by a container instance running on a host kernel;
• determining whether the initiating container instance is tagged with a mapping to a virtual machine (VM) also running on the host kernel;
• responsive to the initiating container instance being tagged with the mapping to the VM, redirecting the system call to the mapped VM, wherein the system call is to be processed by the VM.