While the team behind Linux Containers regrets that decision and will be missing LXD as one of its projects, it does respect Canonical’s decision and is now in the process of moving the …

Complex image definition as a simple YAML document. Multiple output formats (chroot, LXD, LXC). Support for a lot of distributions and architectures. distrobuilder's modern design utilises …

2 days ago · Image server access is being phased out for LXD users, see here for details.

Apr 22, 2020 · Introduction LXD 4.0 natively supports virtual machines and thanks to a built-in agent, can have them behave almost like containers.

Apr 25, 2017 · An extremely common confusion is the distinction between LXD (“LX Daemon” / pronounced “lex-dee”) and LXC (Linux Containers). This post attempts to clear that up.

The Incus project was created by Aleksa Sarai as a community driven alternative to Canonical's LXD. Today, it's led and maintained by many of the same people that once created LXD.

Jan 8, 2026 · Incus includes a tool named lxd-to-incus which can be used to convert an existing LXD installation into an Incus one. For this to work properly, you should make sure to install …

Apr 8, 2024 · Just created my first LXD/LXC container. It opened as root. — Does presume that all work in that container is in root account? Or should I create a user account. Many thanks, LRP

Dec 12, 2022 · The disk image created by LXD is 10GB by default, but the image unpacked into it is smaller. When using distro images with cloud-init, it auto resizes the partition and filesystem …

Jan 8, 2026 · You can reference the list of packages you need to use specific functions from LXD package definition in Alpine Linux repository. Also you can find the package you need with the …