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Linux Containers LXD vs. NGINX Ingress Controller

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LXD
Score 9.9 out of 10
N/A
LXD is a system container and virtual machine manager. It offers a unified user experience around full Linux systems running inside containers or virtual machines. LXD is image based and provides images for a wide number of Linux distributions. It supports various use cases, with support for different storage backends and network types and the option to install on hardware ranging from an individual laptop or cloud instance to a full server rack. LXD is written in Go. It is free software…N/A
NGINX Ingress Controller
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
NGINX Ingress Controller is a traffic management solution for cloud‑native apps in Kubernetes and containerized environments.N/A
Pricing
Linux Containers LXDNGINX Ingress Controller
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LXDNGINX Ingress Controller
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Linux Containers LXDNGINX Ingress Controller
Features
Linux Containers LXDNGINX Ingress Controller
Container Management
Comparison of Container Management features of Product A and Product B
Linux Containers LXD
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Ratings
NGINX Ingress Controller
7.8
2 Ratings
2% below category average
Security and Isolation00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Resource Allocation and Optimization00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Discovery Tools00 Ratings8.21 Ratings
Update Rollouts and Rollbacks00 Ratings7.52 Ratings
Self-Healing and Recovery00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
Analytics, Monitoring, and Logging00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
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User Ratings
Linux Containers LXDNGINX Ingress Controller
Likelihood to Recommend
6.4
(2 ratings)
7.9
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Linux Containers LXDNGINX Ingress Controller
Likelihood to Recommend
Open Source
Linux Containers LXD works very well when you, as a software developer using Linux, need to spin up a development environment to build and work on a specific piece of software. For example, you need to build some software that is tested and developed target Ubuntu 18.04. You're able to quickly create a container for Ubuntu 18.04 and log into it to run commands and build your software. This is easier to do than setting a virtual machine - e.g - via Virtual Box, but is a lot clunkier than doing it via Docker containers which give you a much more flexible configuration of the environment and are easier to start, stop, connect and share with other developers.
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F5
Best suited if we have to manage external traffic inside your Kubernetes cluster and want to use granular control to your applications.
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Amit Setia
Senior Engineer]
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Pros
Open Source
  • GIT repositories.
  • Authentication servers.
  • Application instances.
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F5
  • Provide access to containers
  • Manage traffic
  • Route traffic
  • Lightweight
  • Near to zero downtime
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Cons
Open Source
  • Ease of use.
  • Copying containers from one machine to another.
  • Creation of containers with config files similar to Docker.
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F5
  • Its not related to Ingress functionality but certificate management with cloud vendor would be a feature i would like to see.
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Amit Setia
Senior Engineer]
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Alternatives Considered
Open Source
Linux Containers LXD feels like a more primitive version of docker, docker-compose and similar projects from the docker ecosystem. The Dockerfile and docker-compose.yml methods of specifying a container setup, as well as the network and file configurations afforded by Docker make working with containers much easier and more reproducible than with Linux Containers LXD.
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F5
We are already using NGINX which is so reliable, it definitely lends weight to our decision to select NGINX Ingress Controller. Also, even though it is a little more complex to manage, NGINX Ingress Controller definitely have a richer feature set, better performance, caching, traffic management among other features which was why it was chosen.
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Return on Investment
Open Source
  • Save workload.
  • Save time.
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F5
  • Security is one of the best objective which we achieve with NGINX Ingress
  • Cost optimization is one of the business objective
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Amit Setia
Senior Engineer]
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