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Installation

You can install lxd from the repository

apt install lxd

You can also install lxd from snap

snap install lxd --channel=4.0/stable

Then add the user to lxd group

adduser $USER lxd

Apply it by using the newgrp command

newgrp lxd

set up lxd with init

lxd init

nfs

NFS server need to be a privileged container to run

lxc config set <container> security.privileged true

You also need apparmor to allow nfs stuff

lxc config set <container> raw.apparmor 'mount fstype=nfs*, mount fstype=rpc_pipefs,'

Install nfs-kernel-server

apt install nfs-kernel-server

Check and see if it is running

systemctl status nfs-kernel-server

● nfs-server.service - NFS server and services
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nfs-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: active (exited) since Sun 2022-10-09 14:01:28 UTC; 1min 11s ago
   Main PID: 2427 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

Oct 09 14:01:27 nfs systemd[1]: Starting NFS server and services...
Oct 09 14:01:27 nfs exportfs[2426]: exportfs: can't open /etc/exports for reading
Oct 09 14:01:28 nfs systemd[1]: Finished NFS server and services.

How to add a folder to your lxc container

lxc config device add $container foldername disk source=$path path=$path

Move container/rename

Rename container

lxc stop 'container'
lxc move 'container' 'new container name'
lxc start 'new container name'

move container to another storage pool

lxc stop 'container'
lxc move 'container' 'tmp container name' -s <pool>
lxc move 'tmp container name' 'container'
lxc start 'container'

Pass through gpu

set the device to the container

lxc config device add $container gpu gpu gputype=physical

Integrate nvidia drivers

lxc config set $container nvidia.runtime=true

Title: LXD

Author: Flaxplax

Publish Date: 28, Aug 2021

Last updated: 9, Oct 2022