...
Intro to go here explaining LXD versus LXC and why you want to use it.
Setup
...
Images
...
Cached Images
List images currently installed and there should be none to start,
| Code Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
lxc image list |
Image Servers
LXD has 3 image server lists by default,
| Image Server LIst | Purpose | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| ubuntu: | Ubuntu stable images. | We'll be working with this one. |
| ubuntu-daily: | ||
| images: | All Linux distributions. | For example you can load a RedHat Linux alternative distrobution. |
Pulling Image Server Lists
Let's look at the ubuntu: list,
| Code Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| ||
lxc image list ubuntu: | less
+--------------------+--------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------+
| ALIAS | FINGERPRINT | PUBLIC | DESCRIPTION | ARCH | SIZE | UPLOAD DATE |
+--------------------+--------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------+
| p (5 more) | 6041c5e200b6 | yes | ubuntu 12.04 LTS amd64 (release) (20161205) | x86_64 | 156.47MB | Dec 5, 2016 at 12:00am (UTC) |
+--------------------+--------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------+
| p/armhf (2 more) | c19b1fff3336 | yes | ubuntu 12.04 LTS armhf (release) (20161205) | armv7l | 135.19MB | Dec 5, 2016 at 12:00am (UTC) |
+--------------------+--------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------+
| p/i386 (2 more) | ce5c6821eebb | yes | ubuntu 12.04 LTS i386 (release) (20161205) | i686 | 139.28MB | Dec 5, 2016 at 12:00am (UTC) |
+--------------------+--------------+--------+-------------------------------------------------+---------+----------+-------------------------------+
... |
The output table from list is not very clear. I don't understand what to reference to use the "launch" comment. Will put explanation here once figured out.
References
Gives more details on initializing lxd - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/16/lxd-2-0-installing-and-configuring-lxd-212/
Official Ubuntu documentation - https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/getting-started-cli/
...