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What is LXD?

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…

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7 out of 10
February 17, 2022
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Linux containers ease our deploys - you can do it in a few command lines and the ability to access the server from the host shell with no …
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What is LXD?

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…

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Reviews and Ratings

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March 27, 2022

Good project, but there are more modern alternatives out there

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Education Management Company, 11-50 employees
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Creating local deployments of complex projects for development and testing purposes. It's mostly used by developers to replicate a production environment in their local machine, but it's easier to set up than a Virtual Machine. Although I've used Linux Containers LXD in one project in the last few years it's made almost obsolete by more modern projects like Docker, which enable you to do the same thing with a more organized approach that can be easily shared with other developers and quickly spun up in development or even production machines.
Pros and Cons
  • Creating virtualized Linux environments.
  • Creating reproducible software builds.
  • Quickly spinning up a development environment.
  • Ease of use.
  • Copying containers from one machine to another.
  • Creation of containers with config files similar to Docker.
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
Most Important Features
  • Creating Linux Containers.
Return on Investment
  • Quicker development cycles.
  • Reduced need for different physical machines or servers.
  • Standardized development environment.
Alternatives Considered
  • Docker
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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February 17, 2022

LXD review

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Logistics & Supply Chain Company, 10,001+ employees
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Linux containers ease our deploys - you can do it in a few command lines and the ability to access the server from the host shell with no issues and save some time in order to release a server 'cause you can create a standard image and to rollback anything if needed.
Pros and Cons
  • GIT repositories.
  • Authentication servers.
  • Application instances.
  • Documentation.
  • Run other OS simultaneously.
Likelihood to Recommend
Scenarios where you need an authentication server, a GIT repository the system works very well 'cause you don't need any scalability and the ease to configure and share the same Linux system image across the containers and the rollback process is quick. I didn't put any critical applications there not because of the limitations but due to a company policy.
Most Important Features
  • Ease of recovery.
  • Ease of configuration.
  • Ease to manage.
Return on Investment
  • Save workload.
  • Save time.
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