MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT The Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Faction will meet 7 PM Tuesday March 20th, 2012 at Free Geek in the Conference Room Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue far left entrance *******************************************************************
PRESENTATION Introduction to Linux Containers (LXC) by Brian Martin Brian has been using native Linux Containers (aka LXC) to solve a need for increased security and isolation while avoiding the overhead of virtualization. In this talk Brian will discuss: * Where containers surpass virtualization * What containers cannot do * Why he selected LXC instead of OpenVZ or similar products * Network configuration choices * Setting up a Linux container * A demonstration After the main meeting a subcommittee will convene to study the best application of containers (holding beer) at the Lucky Lab. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug