bocajspear1 / lxd-helpers

Some helper scripts for quickly building LXD containers

lxd-helpers

Installation

Just clone/download and use.

Configuration

• Have LXD installed
• Be in the lxd group
• Have a suguid/subgid map for your user. These scripts assume your uid is 1000. (A usual default uid for the main user) In /etc/subuid and /etc/subgid:

root:1000:1

You can edit the USER variable in the scripts to change the user created in the container.

Examples

create_lxc_container.sh

Creates an Ubuntu 18.04 container named testlxd with the directory /tmp/share shared in the container as /host.

create_lxc_container.sh testlxd 1 /tmp/share

create_gui_container.sh

Creates an GUI capable Ubuntu 18.04 container named testgui with the directory /tmp/share shared in the container as /host. Firefox is installed to provide GUI packages and a testable application.

create_gui_container.sh testgui 1 /tmp/share

delete_lxc_container.sh

Deletes the container testlxd

delete_lxc_container.sh testlxd

enter_lxc_container.sh

Enters the container testlxd

delete_lxc_container.sh testlxd

Sources

Referenced this page a lot, especially for GUI containers: https://blog.simos.info/how-to-easily-run-graphics-accelerated-gui-apps-in-lxd-containers-on-your-ubuntu-desktop/

The lxdgui-profile.txt file is based off the profile provided on that page.