1# hcsshim 2 3[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/WindowsVirtualization/hcsshim/branch/master) 4 5This package contains the Golang interface for using the Windows [Host Compute Service](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/virtualization/2017/01/27/introducing-the-host-compute-service-hcs/) (HCS) to launch and manage [Windows Containers](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/about/). It also contains other helpers and functions for managing Windows Containers such as the Golang interface for the Host Network Service (HNS). 6 7It is primarily used in the [Moby Project](https://github.com/moby/moby), but it can be freely used by other projects as well. 8 9## Contributing 10 11This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a 12Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us 13the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com. 14 15When you submit a pull request, a CLA-bot will automatically determine whether you need to provide 16a CLA and decorate the PR appropriately (e.g., label, comment). Simply follow the instructions 17provided by the bot. You will only need to do this once across all repos using our CLA. 18 19This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/). 20For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or 21contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments. 22 23## Dependencies 24 25This project requires Golang 1.9 or newer to build. 26 27For system requirements to run this project, see the Microsoft docs on [Windows Container requirements](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/windowscontainers/deploy-containers/system-requirements). 28 29## Reporting Security Issues 30 31Security issues and bugs should be reported privately, via email, to the Microsoft Security 32Response Center (MSRC) at [secure@microsoft.com](mailto:secure@microsoft.com). You should 33receive a response within 24 hours. If for some reason you do not, please follow up via 34email to ensure we received your original message. Further information, including the 35[MSRC PGP](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/dn606155) key, can be found in 36the [Security TechCenter](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/default). 37 38For additional details, see [Report a Computer Security Vulnerability](https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/ff852094.aspx) on Technet 39 40--------------- 41Copyright (c) 2018 Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved. 42