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LXC releases

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https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/tags/release

  Announces of LXC & LXD releases.

https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/lxc-3-0-0-has-been-released/1449

  LXC 3.0.0 has been released.

Supported templates

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https://github.com/lxc/lxc-templates

  Old style template scripts for LXC (prefer distrobuilder).

https://github.com/lxc/distrobuilder

  System container image builder for LXC and LXD.

https://brauner.github.io/2018/02/27/lxc-removes-legacy-template-build-system.html

  Details about replacing template stripts.

Install LXC under Debian

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  $ sudo lxc-checkconfig

To make network bridge install supplement packages::

  $ sudo apt-get install bridge-utils dnsmasq

To bootstrap Debian dostro into container install::

  $ sudo apt-get install debootstrap

  USE_LXC_BRIDGE="true"

  LXC_NETMASK="255.255.255.0"

and start service::

  $ sudo service lxc-net start

Create new container in LXC

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Create container from template::

  $ sudo lxc-create -t $TMPL -n $NAME -- $EXTRA_ARGS

.. note::

   * ``-t`` defines distro name

   * ``-n`` gives name for container for further referencing

   * everything after ``--`` is passed to template script

Template name is based on file name from ``/usr/share/lxc/templates`` directory without ``lxc-``

prefix.

List available templates with::

  $ ls -alh /usr/share/lxc/templates/

Examples of container creation command::

  $ sudo lxc-create -t debian -n deb-sid --  -r sid --enable-non-free

  $ sudo lxc-create -t debian -n deb-testing --  -r testing

  $ sudo lxc-create -t debian -n deb-stable --  -r stable -a amd64

  $ sudo lxc-create -t alpine -n alpine-3.7 --  -r 3.7

Each template has own options, which can be passed after ``--``. To get help on template specific

options run::

  $ /usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-ubuntu -h

  $ /usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-debian -h

  $ /usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-alpine -h

  ...

For Debian in order to use another miror::

  $ MIRROR=http://httpredir.debian.org/debian sudo lxc-create -t debian -n debtest -- -r sid

Since LXC v3.0 sh-templates moved to separate project and only 4 are left supported::

  $ lxc-create my-busybox -t busybox

  $ lxc-create my-x -t download

  $ lxc-create c1 -t local -- --metadata /path/to/meta.tar.xz --fstree /path/to/rootfs.tar.xz

  $ lxc-create c2 -t oci -- --url docker://alpine

Put ``veth`` network configuration into container config ``/var/lib/lxc/$NAME/config``::

  lxc.network.type = veth

  lxc.network.flags = up

  lxc.network.link = lxcbr0

  lxc.network.veth.pair = veth-stretch

  lxc.network.name = veth-stretch

  lxc.network.ipv4 = 192.168.99.12/24

  lxc.network.ipv4.gateway = 192.168.99.1

Fix DNS resolution in container::

  $ echo nameserver 8.8.8.8 | sudo tee /var/lib/lxc/$NAME/rootfs/etc/resolv.conf

LXC Container management

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List available VMs::

  $ sudo lxc-ls

Start VM::

  $ sudo lxc-start -n $NAME

Safely stop VM (honoring init system)::

  $ sudo lxc-halt -n $NAME

Urgently stop VM::

  $ sudo lxc-stop -n $NAME

Mark container to start on boot in ``/var/lib/lxc/$NAME/config``::

  lxc.start.auto = 1

Link containers in non standard location to take them in account::

  $ ln -s /opt/lxc/$NAME /var/lib/lxc/$NAME

Making snapshot

===============

See ``lxc-snapshot(1)``.

List of snapshots::

  $ sudo lxc-snapshot --list

  $ sudo lxc-snapshot -n $NAME --list

Make a snapshot::

  $ sudo lcx-halt -n $NAME

  $ sudo lcx-snapshot -n $NAME

Restore from snapshot::

  $ sudo lcx-halt -n $NAME

  $ sudo lcx-snapshot -n $NAME -r $SNAPNAME