Incus is a manager for virtual machines and system containers. A system container is an instance of an operating system that also runs on a computer, along with the main operating system. A system container uses, instead, security primitives of the Linux kernel for the separation from the main operating system. You can think of …
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Feb 03 2024
How to customize Incus containers with cloud-init
Incus is a manager for virtual machines and system containers. There is also an Incus support forum. A virtual machine (VM) is an instance of an operating system that runs on a computer, along with the main operating system. A virtual machine uses hardware virtualization features for the separation from the main operating system. With …
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Jan 12 2024
Migrating to Incus from LXD
Incus is a manager for virtual machines and system containers. A virtual machine is an instance of an operating system that runs on a computer, along with the main operating system. A virtual machine uses hardware virtualization features for the separation from the main operating system. A system container is an instance of an operating …
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Mar 05 2021
How to compile lxd-p2c to migrate physical servers to LXD containers
The lxd-p2c utility helps you to migrate your physical servers to LXD containers. Dan Mac Donald wrote a tutorial with practical instructions on how to perform such a migration. There has been a recent discussion on compiling lxd-p2c and I am summarizing here. You would run lxd-p2c on a physical server that is to be …
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Feb 09 2021
How to get LXD containers obtain IP from the LAN with ipvlan networking
You are using LXD containers and you want a container (or more) to use an IP address from the LAN (or, get an IP address just like the host does). LXD currently supports four ways to do that, and depending on your needs, you select the appropriate way. Using macvlan. See https://blog.simos.info/how-to-make-your-lxd-container-get-ip-addresses-from-your-lan/ Using bridged. See …
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Sep 02 2020
How to use NordVPN in a LXD container
NordVPN is one of many VPN services. I was asked to have a look at how to make it work in a LXD container and as a result I am writing this post. I am not advertising this service, nor do I use affiliate links, etc. Up to now, NordVPN have refused to fix their …
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