[Lxc-users] An application container for apache?

[Patrick Westphal]

Hi Sergio,

>
> you can use the root mount point ("/") or create your own 
> root-mount-point, I prefered to use my own mount point called 
> "/container/" .

So do I. :)

> Within  container's direrctory i copied all the necessary dirs and 
> files (/usr/, /etc/ , /bin ....).
> Remember to change config file to change rootfs mount point.

OK. But 'shared' in this case means 'shared once' not 'shared forever', 
doesn't it? I mean if you just copy the corresponding directories, you 
will have to do e.g. security updates once for every container.
I just set up the (/usr-, /bin-, /sbin-, ...) bind-mounts (read only) to 
(hopefully) keep the system maintainable for a larger number of 
containers. So I could install additional software once for all of them. 
Let's see if that works. ;)

>
> Those dirs and files will be shared  but some programs need to run 
> with their own (no shared) directories.
> In this point you can mount (bind mode) them , for example i use to do 
> it creating a folder called "/webvirtualX", within it i've created 
> no-shared dirs such as apache logs, fcgid sockets, and so on .

So do I, too. (Except that I do not bind-mount them but give them a 
dedicated directory tree.)


Thanks and best regards

Patrick