[lxc-users] Question about creating a container from an ISO

[Michel RENON]

Hi Fajar,

Le 24/03/2017 à 04:15, Fajar A. Nugraha a écrit :
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Michel RENON <renon at mr-consultant.net
> <mailto:renon at mr-consultant.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     I'm begining with lxc and containers.
>
>     I downloaded an ISO that is an installer.
>     I already used it to create a vm in virtualbox.
>
>     That ISO is based on debian installer and it adds some telephony
>     components : xivo.iso.
>
>
> Does it access the hardware directly (e.g. T1 PCI card)? If yes,
> containers (including lxc) might not work.

currently, no need for specific hardware

>
>
>
>     Now I would like to use it with lxc :
>     create an empty lxc container and install xivo from the iso.
>
>     My problem is that all documentation I could read only starts with
>     an existing lxc image, never an empty one.
>
>     Is it possible to create and install a container from an ISO ?
>
>
>
> Not directly, no.
>
>
>     If yes, can you point me to some documentation ?
>
>
> You can copy root filesystem from existing virtualbox installation.
> Replace rootfs on an existing lxc container with that, and configure
> lxc-specific settings (e.g. find configure_debian
> on https://github.com/lxc/lxc/blob/master/templates/lxc-debian.in)

So I'll have to choose a direct install (debian on hardware) or a vm 
(virtualbox or kvm)


I'll keep lxc/lxd for other uses where a default ubuntu image will be ok.

Thanks a lot for those informations.
Cheers,

Michel