[lxc-users] Convert virtual machine to LXC container

[Saint Michael]

LXD does not support lxc-attach?
I thought that LXD was a superset of LXC, that added on top of it.
Maybe somebody care to explain how LXC and LXD compare.


On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 11:21 PM Fajar A. Nugraha <list at fajar.net> wrote:

> I've converted (manually) some lxc containers to lxd and back in the past.
> IIRC the biggest difference was that lxd does not need to output anything
> to console, while lxc needs it (e.g. for lxc-attach). Depending on what
> container distro and version you use, it might not matter (e.g. it should
> "just work" for newer ubuntu), and you can use the same container rootfs
> for both.
>
> If you use anything else and simple 'rsync --numeric-ids)' doesn't work,
> take a look at the customizations done by lxc-template to find out what
> else need to be adjusted, e.g.
> https://github.com/lxc/lxc-templates/blob/master/templates/lxc-debian.in#L67
> for old debian system that still use sysvinit.
>
> --
> Fajar
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Saint Michael <venefax at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The question is how can I use that for plan LXC.
>> I can install a box with LXD, bring the computer in, but then I want a
>> plain LXC container.
>> Is it doable?
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 7:17 PM David Favor <david at davidfavor.com> wrote:
>>
>>>   wrote:
>>> > Has anybody invented a procedure, a script, etc., to convert a running
>>> > machine to a LXC container? I was thinking to create a container of
>>> the
>>> > same OS, and then use rsync, excluding /proc /tmp/ /sys etc.  Any
>>> ideas?
>>>
>>> Use the fabulous lxd-p2c script.
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