You are creating LXD containers and you enter a container (lxc shell, lxc exec or lxc console) in order to view or modify the files of that container. But can you access the filesystem of the container from the host? If you use the LXD snap package, LXD mounts the filesystem of the container in …
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Jan 24 2020
How to use virtual machines in LXD
Update 22 May 2020: The Ubuntu container images have been updated to install on first boot the LXD Agent in the VM. The corresponding section below has been updated so that you can skip the manual step, if your VM image does it for you. Update 22 May 2020: See also the tutorial at https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/running-virtual-machines-with-lxd-4-0/7519 …
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Dec 09 2019
Running X11 software in LXD containers
Update February 2021: See the Notes below for extra steps when trying this on the Raspberry Pi 4. Updated instructions for LXD 4.5 (September 2020) LXD 4.5 has added features that make proxy devices more secure in the sense that if something goes wrong on the proxy device, your system is safer. Specifically, the proxy …
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Nov 10 2019
How to add multi-line raw.lxc configuration to LXD
In LXD, you can add multiple settings in a single command line. For example, to both limit the memory to 2GB and the CPUs to a single core, you would run the following in a single line. Obviously, you can set these separately as well. lxc config set mycontainer limits.memory=2GB limits.cpu=1 See the LXD key/value …
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Nov 04 2019
How to setup Netdata in a LXD container for real-time monitoring
Netdata does real-time health monitoring and performance troubleshooting for systems and applications. It helps you instantly diagnose slowdowns and anomalies in your infrastructure with thousands of metrics, interactive visualizations, and insightful health alarms. When you set it up on your system, Netdata sets up a Web page where you can view real-time information, including CPU …
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Oct 22 2019
How to add both a private and public network to LXD using cloud-init
When you launch a new LXD container, LXD applies the default LXD profile unless you specify a different profile. By adding configuration to a LXD profile, you can launch containers with specific parameters such as specific network configuration. In the following we see how this default LXD profile looks like, and then use cloud-init instructions …
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