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1 Install LXD
Install these packages for LXD.
$ sudo apt install -y lxd lxd-client lxd-tools criu
Install this package if you use ZFS.
$ sudo apt install -y zfsutils-linux
Wait LXD daemon starting.
$ sudo lxd waitready
Initialize LXD with the following command.
$ sudo lxd initWould you like to use LXD clustering? (yes/no) [default=no]: noDo you want to configure a new storage pool? (yes/no) [default=yes]:yesName of the new storage pool [default=default]: defaultName of the storage backend to use (dir, lvm, zfs) [default=zfs]: dirWould you like to connect to a MAAS server? (yes/no) [default=no]: noWould you like to create a new network bridge? (yes/no) [default=yes]:yesWhat should the new bridge be called? [default=lxdbr0]: lxdbr0What IPv4 address should be used? (CIDR subnet notation, “auto” or“none”) [default=auto]: autoWhat IPv6 address should be used? (CIDR subnet notation, “auto” or“none”) [default=auto]: noneWould you like LXD to be available over the network? (yes/no)[default=no]: noWould you like stale cached images to be updated automatically?(yes/no) [default=yes] yesWould you like a YAML “lxd init” preseed to be printed? (yes/no)[default=no]: no
You can use pipe for automatic initialization.
$ cat <<EOF | sudo lxd initnoyesdefaultdirnoyeslxdbr0autononenoyesnoEOF
The users in lxd group can run lxd without sudo command. After adding user to lxd group, restart machine.
$ sudo gpasswd -a “${USER}” lxd$ sudo reboot
2 Run container
“lxc launch” is combined with “lxc init” and “lxc start”. “lxc exec” runs command on container.
$ lxc launch images:debian/stretch debian<snip>$ lxc exec debian ip a s1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWNgroup default qlen 1 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever5:eth0@if6: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueuestate UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 00:16:3e:3c:1d:23 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff link-netnsid 0 inet 10.26.102.87/24 brd 10.26.102.255 scope global eth0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever inet6 fd42:6bb1:545e:554b:216:3eff:fe3c:1d23/64 scope globalmngtmpaddr dynamic valid_lft 3596sec preferred_lft 3596sec inet6 fe80::216:3eff:fe3c:1d23/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
“lxc launch” is equal with the following “lxc init” and “lxc start”. “lxc init” creates container. “lxc start” starts container.
$ lxc init images:debian/stretch debian$ lxc start debian$ lxc exec debian ip a s
