[lxc-users] LXC and Docker together?

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Richard Hector!

> I've been asked by my client to set up Docker on the host I'd set up for
> them with LXC (on Debian Stretch). This is because the applications that
> run in the containers (Atlassian suite, mostly) will in the future be
> managed by a different contractor, who is familiar with Docker. So
> eventually, I expect most or all of the LXC containers will be replaced
> with Docker ones.

> It appears that I can install Docker from the Docker repo, so that's ok.

> What I'm more worried about, is if they're both using the same
> underlying technology (are they?) whether they'll interact in bad and/or
> unexpected ways.

> Am I likely to be safe doing this? Anything to watch out for?

> And will I eventually be able to uninstall LXC without disrupting Docker?

They are not related per se. They use similar kernel functionality, but
there's no conflict between them, if that's what you want to know.
Furthermore, with a little tweak you can run Docker inside LXC container.


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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Friday, May 24, 2019 1:27:10

Sorry for my terrible english...