On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 4:29 PM, TuxRaiderPen <tuxraider...@wpascanner.com>wrote:
> On Monday, May 12, 2014 06:59:48 Fajar A. Nugraha wrote: > > > > It's a way to make creating containers easier. > > That part I get... I am just not wrapping my head around the creation and > especially the use of "preconfigured ones." > > Or really the creation provess... v. VMDK in a full VM. > > Practice makes perfect. Just try creating some containers using template to get the hang of it. > > If you're using newish ubuntu/debian container (no, natty is not among > > those), then using the download templates as in > > https://www.stgraber.org/2014/01/17/lxc-1-0-unprivileged-containers/ > > would've been faster. > > Like this... I've seen several listings of "download this, " > > OK.. what do I do with this arhcive of a "container" > > I am used to throwing an ISO at a VM or a VMDK that I move around and > throw at > the VM and POOF instant new x VM... > > If you have up-to-date lxc installed, use one of either (the first one is faster): lxc-create -t download -n p1 -- -d ubuntu -r trusty -a amd64 lxc-create -t ubuntu -n p1 -- -r trusty -a amd64 and POOF, new ubuntu trusty container :) The first time will not be "instant", but ubuntu will cache the rootfs (/var/cache/lxc) so that subsequent container creation of the same distro/version is much master. an even MUCH faster process (doesn't involve copying the files) currectly requires some manual setup, as it requires either: - creating an overlay mount, plus some minimal config customization, or - snapshot/clone using an appropriate backing store (e.g. zfs/btrfs), lus some minimal config customization -- Fajar
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