Introduction

Below image shows the key difference between traditional virtualization and containers,

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Then follow-up with installing the proper dependencies, but not sure if I need to install in the host... need to try this out in a VM.

Setup Name Resolution on Host

The containers know each other by name. However, the host has no awareness. This should be resolvable by adjusting the DNS resolution. However, first check if this is an issue that's already resolved in later implementations of Ubuntu (I think 17 has it solved) and also if LXD resolves this automatically.

References

Good overview of lxc - https://www.flockport.com/lxc-vs-docker/

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