Linux Containers (LXC) is a program using Linux cgroup that let run multiple linux instances on one host.

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How to configure external IP addresses for LXC guests?

I'm exploring the LXC features in Ubuntu 12.04 and I really want to set up a network like this: client1: 192.168.56.101/24 lxc-host: 192.168.56.102/24 guest1 192.168.56.201/24 guest2 ...
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LXC: How do I mount a folder from the host to the container?

I'm trying to mount a folder on the host to an LXC container. The host has a folder /mnt/ssd/solr_data created (this is currently on the root filesystem, but later I'll mount an SSD drive there, so ...
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LXC apparmor profile limits executing scripts in /run/*

LXC is blocking a trusted container from running scripts in /run/*, how do I configure LXC to allow scripts to run here?
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To what extent does LXC manage configuring the network interface in a container?

In the LXC config file we can specify an IP address for a container: lxc.network.type=veth lxc.network.link=br0 lxc.network.ipv4 = 10.1.0.35/16 lxc.network.flags=up lxc.network.hwaddr= ...
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SquashFS image as rootfs in LXC

Is it possible to use a SquashFS filesystem as an LXC rootfs? I can mount an ext3 image as a rootfs just by setting lxc.rootfs to the filename, but if it's any other type of image, lxc-start just says ...
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vi hangs when run in /dev/console under LXC

I'm running an Arch Linux container from within lxc. The lxc-start command connects to the internal /dev/console, on which I have agetty running using the following command: /sbin/agetty --noclear -a ...
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Network in LXC not forwading through a bridge

I've got an LXC container, on the host I've got a bridge between the LXC container and eth0. The LXC container can ping it's Host 10.1.0.5, but can't ping the gateway of 10.1.0.2. The host is able to ...
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Using a bridge, an LXC container can't ping router, but the host OS can

I've got a virtual machine running under virtualbox, and in that virtual machine I've got an LXC container I'm trying to bridge to virtualbox's NAT interface: ------------- ----------- ...
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cgroups: blkio.weight doesn't seem to have the expected effect

I've got 2 LXC containers with these cgroup settings: lxc.cgroup.blkio.weight = 200 lxc.cgroup.cpu.shares = 200 and lxc.cgroup.blkio.weight = 800 lxc.cgroup.cpu.shares = 800 I have verified in ...
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lxc networking quesion

I have a similar requirement to the OP of this thread. I want the following configuration: -Physical host (PhyHost) reachable from the network at IP 10.1.101.89 -LXC container (LxcHost) ...
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lxc-unfreeze does not resume the guest if the host is rebooted

Does a guest that has been frozen with lxc-freeze survive a reboot of the host? I.e. after rebooting the host, can the guest be unfrozen with lxc-unfreeze?