This is an instruction to install LXC/LXD on Ubuntu and run the basic commands.
- Distribution: Ubuntu Focal 20.04
Install Packages
user1:~$ sudo su -
root:~# apt update
root:~# apt upgrade
root:~# apt install lxd lxd-client
Initialize LXD
- Accept all defaults except IP v6 (no IP v6)
root:~# lxd init
Launch a Container
root:~# lxc list
To start your first container, try: lxc launch ubuntu:22.04
Or for a virtual machine: lxc launch ubuntu:22.04 --vm
+------+-------+------+------+------+-----------+
| NAME | STATE | IPV4 | IPV6 | TYPE | SNAPSHOTS |
+------+-------+------+------+------+-----------+
root:~# lxc launch images:alpine/3.16 my-alpine
Creating my-alpine
Starting my-alpine
root:~# lxc list
+-----------+---------+---------------------+------+------------+-----------+
| NAME | STATE | IPV4 | IPV6 | TYPE | SNAPSHOTS |
+-----------+---------+---------------------+------+------------+-----------+
| my-alpine | RUNNING | 10.78.38.247 (eth0) | | PERSISTENT | 0 |
+-----------+---------+---------------------+------+------------+-----------+
Clean up
root:~# lxc stop my-alpine
root:~# lxc delete my-alpine
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