April 21, 2016

Quick & Easy: LXC Container on Ubuntu 16.04

Install lxc
apt-get install lxc -y

create container with latest ubuntu
sudo lxc-create -n loki -t ubuntu

create container with ubuntu 14.04
sudo lxc-create -t download -n loki -- -d ubuntu -r trusty -a amd64

start container
sudo lxc-start -n loki

login to container
sudo lxc-attach -n loki

or you can run
sudo lxc-create -n loki -t ubuntu && lxc-start -n loki && lxc-attach -n loki

run a test with caddy http server

logout

find ip of container

check if port is open on container

setup forwarding manually

Distroy container

sources:unixmen, Arch, do, cyberciti

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