Trying out LXD containers on our Ubuntu

Trying out LXD containers on our Ubuntu

This post is about containers, a construct similar to virtual machines (VM) but so much lightweight that you can easily create a dozen on your desktop Ubuntu! A VM virtualizes a whole computer and then you install in there the guest operating system.

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With LXD, it is far too easy to create containters on our Ubuntu system. In this tutorial, we see how to configure LXD, create a container, do something usefull with this container, and then delete it.