In an earlier post I went through how to create an LXD container that has graphics access through X11 forwarding. This is a simple method but if your goal for using containers is to sandbox applications and decrease the attack…
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Using audio in LXD containers
Pulseaudio can be used to provide audio support to linux containers. The setup is similar to any other pulseaudio setup over the network. Let’s create a container to play with. lxc launch images:ubuntu/trusty/amd64 pulseaudio lxc exec pulseaudio /bin/bash apt-get install…
Creating an LXD container for graphics applications
Setting up LXD containers for headless applications is pretty straight forward. Using the graphics display doesn’t work out of the box without additional setup. There are different ways to provide graphics access to a container and which one to choose…
Encrypting system mail for external email address
Use GPG and postfix to send encrypted mail to external mail address
Restrict resources for LXD containers
Restricting resource usage is done with profiles in LXD. There is a default profile that could be modified but it’s wise to create new profiles for specific use cases. Create a new profile: $ lxc profile create single_core Restrict memory…
Autostarting LXD containers
Use the new autostart feature of LXD 0.16
Using Linux containers and LXD
How to use Linux containers to maintain a home server
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