[lxc-users] Builds and distribution of LXC "packages"

[Jason Harley]

Hello —

Instead of using templates to kickoff the creation of containers on various hosts (potentially time consuming or difficult in restricted access environments), I’m wanting to build LXC ‘base boxes’ (to borrow a word from vagrant) and distribute them to hosts (via package management or HTTP) to have them run one of many container images.

I’m eyeing tools like Packer (packer.io), or even using an LXC template to build a container and then package up the result.

Is anyone on the list doing this, or instead just using the build from template route?  Perhaps more importantly: is what I’m describing a bad idea?

Thanks,
./JRH