How do I get LXD 3.0 into regular ubuntu server 16.04.4 LTS (GNU/Linux 4.12.14-041214-generic x86_64)?
On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 8:53 PM, Sean McNamara <smc...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 8:42 PM, Saint Michael <vene...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am using LCX, plain vanilla. Is there a reading the can help me move to > > LXD 3.0? I am afraid I cannot see why would anybody use LXD vs regular > LXC. > > I can do anything I need, so far, with LXC. To copy a container to > another > > server I use rsync with some special parameters. > > In general what is the great advantage of using LXD? > > LXD is based on the same technologies as LXC, and has no special > kernel component, so it can only use the same kernel interfaces LXC > uses for containerization. So from that perspective, anything you can > do with LXC, you can do with LXD, and vice versa. > > A major benefit of LXD is in the simplicity of setting up containers > that are isolated from the host and eachother, with the ability to > treat them like VMs with your security posture. To achieve that on LXC > is significantly more work. > > Also, networking is IMO significantly easier with LXD for many common > setups. You won't notice much easier networking in LXD 2.0, but the > latest stable release (2.21) is certainly nice with the amount of work > it does for you. > > The goal of LXD is to become as secure and simple as something like > kvm/qemu/vmware/virtualbox, but without any of the overhead of a > hypervisor, kernel on top of kernel, filesystem on top of filesystem, > etc. > > See also: https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/comparing-lxd-vs-lxc/24 > > Sean > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 10:40 AM, Simos Xenitellis > > <simos.li...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> > >> On Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 6:08 AM, gunnar.wagner > >> <gunnar.wag...@netcologne.de> wrote: > >> > > >> > so the 'snap-only' policy I thought would be applied for LXD is not > that > >> > strict then and traditional .deb packages still exist? > >> > > >> > >> The way I see it, is that it is just Ubuntu 18.04 LTS that gets the .deb > >> package > >> and will keep having it until 2018+5=2023. > >> > >> Ubuntu 16.04 will keep having LXD 2.0.x from the deb repositories > >> until 2016+5=2021. > >> > >> Is it such an issue to have the snap version of LXD? > >> > >> Simos > >> > >> > > >> > On 3/29/2018 8:44 PM, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > >> > > >> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 4:32 AM, gunnar.wagner > >> > <gunnar.wag...@netcologne.de> wrote: > >> > > >> > On 3/28/2018 2:45 AM, Michel Jansens wrote: > >> > > >> > Does this means LXD 3.0 will be part of Ubuntu 18.04 next month? > >> > > >> > I guess (as LXD is using snap packages by default, right) it's not a > >> > matter > >> > of distribution any lomnger but more of distribution able to run snap > >> > packages well (which not every distribution does as far as I know > [i.e. > >> > OpenSUSE]) > >> > > >> > Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be based on LXD 3.0.xx, supported until 2018+5y > = > >> > 2023. > >> > Those that have the LXD snap ('lxd', stable channel), are likely to > >> > get upgraded to 3.1, 3.2 and so on, > >> > as the new versions appear. > >> > It was mentioned on the forum in December that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will > >> > have by default the .deb version of LXD 3.0. > >> > > >> > This happened with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, which has LXD 2.0.xx (currently > at > >> > 2.0.11) > >> > and is supported until 2021. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS was launched with the > >> > new LXD 2.0 at that time. > >> > > >> > When you do 'snap info lxd', you get > >> > > >> > ... > >> > channels: > >> > stable: 2.21 (5866) 49MB - > >> > candidate: 2.21 (6005) 51MB - > >> > beta: 3.0.0.beta7 (6240) 55MB - > >> > edge: git-9a60cd9 (6251) 55MB - > >> > 2.0/stable: 2.0.11 (5384) 21MB - > >> > 2.0/candidate: 2.0.11 (5384) 21MB - > >> > 2.0/beta: ↑ > >> > 2.0/edge: git-d71807e (6069) 20MB - > >> > > >> > which means that there is the option to switch to the snap 'LTS' > >> > version of LXD 2.0 ('2.0/stable'). > >> > > >> > Simos > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > lxc-users mailing list > >> > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > >> > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > >> > > >> > --- > >> > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > >> > http://www.avg.com > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Gunnar Wagner | Yongfeng Village Group 12 #5, Pujiang Town, Minhang > >> > District, 201112 Shanghai, P.R. CHINA > >> > mob +86.159.0094.1702 | skype: professorgunrad | wechat: 15900941702 > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > lxc-users mailing list > >> > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > >> > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > >> _______________________________________________ > >> lxc-users mailing list > >> lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > >> http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > lxc-users mailing list > > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users > _______________________________________________ > lxc-users mailing list > lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org > http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users >
_______________________________________________ lxc-users mailing list lxc-users@lists.linuxcontainers.org http://lists.linuxcontainers.org/listinfo/lxc-users