[lxc-users] Is there a reference manual about LXD ?

[Pierre Couderc]

On 10/21/2017 06:12 AM, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
>
>
> Note that it's MUCH easier to use lxd on ubuntu 16.04, with 
> xenial-backports to get the 'best' combination of 'new features' and 
> 'tested'. It has lxd 2.18, with support for storage pools. If you're 
> using this version, the most relevant documentation would be from git 
> master branch: https://github.com/lxc/lxd/tree/master/doc
>
Thank you very much
> If you're using it for production and want long term support, use the 
> default xenial repository instead (not backports), which has lxd 
> 2.0.x. It's supported for longer time, but doesn't have new features 
> (like storage pools). The relevant docs for this version is either 
> https://github.com/lxc/lxd/tree/stable-2.0/doc or 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/lxd.html
>
>     2- How do I erase my first trial : I try to reinit but i says me
>     that :
>
>     The requested storage pool "default" already exists. Please choose
>     another name.
>
>     How do I erase the the  storage pool "default" ?
>
>
> Might be hard if you're using file-backed zfs-pool. On ubuntu it's 
> probably something like this:
> - systemctl disable lxd
> - reboot
> - rename /var/lib/lxd to something else, then create an empty /var/lib/lxd
> - systemctl enable lxd
> - systemctl start lxd
> - lxd init
>
> I'm not sure how the path and startup script would translate to debian 
> + lxd from snapd (which is in the link you mentioned)
>
I have not successed. But as it is a new server, I reinstall all !
>
>
>     3- My true problem is that I do not want the NAT for my new lxc
>     containers but that they use the normal addresses on my local
>     network. How do I do that ?
>
>
> The usual way:
> - create your own bridge, e.g. br0 in 
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkConnectionBridge (that 
> example bridges eth0 and eth1 on the same bridge. use the relevant 
> public interface for your setup)
> - configure your container (or profile) to use it (replacing the 
> default lxdbr0).
> - no need to delete existing lxdbr0, just leave it as is.
>
>
> The 'new' way: looking at 
> https://github.com/lxc/lxd/blob/master/doc/networks.md , it should be 
> possible to create the bridge using 'lxc network create ...'
>
>     And how do I assign them a MAC address so they  are accessible
>     from the internet.
>
>
> This depends on your setup.
>
> For example, if you rent dedicated server from serverloft (or other 
> providers with similar networking setup), they do NOT allow bridging 
> of VMs to the public network. You need to setup routing instead (long 
> story).
>
> But if you're on a LAN, then 'making the containers be on the same LAN 
> is the host' is as simple as 'configure the container to use br0' (or 
> whatever bridge you create above). If the LAN has a DHCP server, then 
> the container will automatically get a 'public' IP addres. If not, 
> then configure it statically (just like how you configure a normal 
> linux host)
>
> --
Thanl you.
>
>
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