Trying out LXD containers on our desktop computer

simosx · 03-07-2017, 03:58 PM

Here is another tutorial on trying out containers on our Linux desktop (Ubuntu),
https://blog.simos.info/trying-out-l...on-our-ubuntu/

For instructions about Arch Linux: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/LXD

For instructions about Fedora: https://linuxmonk.ch/wordpress/index...lxd-on-fedora/

The benefit of all this, is that it's possible to get a container of a full Linux (even a different distribution than the one we are running) to start and run.
It takes a couple of seconds to boot up.

In the tutorial I show how to start up a container, install a Web server (nginx in this case), and finally access this container from our Web browser of our desktop Linux.

hydrurga · 03-13-2017, 07:15 AM

Thanks for this.

Just an additional note that the Ubuntu package adapt, which uses LXD, might prove a useful tool:

Quote:

This package provides a simple, clean method to install and use
packages, services, and binaries from one version of Ubuntu onto
another, without requiring PPAs.
Instead, it uses LXD and Ubuntu system containers.

I haven't tried using it yet, but came across it just before reading your thread, so thought it might be of interest. I found a blog post on it here: https://www.ostechnix.com/adapt-run-...buntu-version/