How to Set Up and Use LXD on CentOS Linux 7.x Server

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To set up and use LXD on a CentOS Linux 7.x server, follow these steps:

  1. Install the LXD package by running the command: sudo yum install lxd
  2. Initialize the LXD configuration by running the command: sudo lxd init This will prompt you to configure various settings such as storage backend, network address, and user access.
  3. To create a container, run the command: sudo lxc launch images:centos/7 mycontainer This will create a container named “mycontainer” using the latest CentOS 7 image.
  4. To start the container, run the command: sudo lxc start mycontainer
  5. To access the container’s terminal, run the command: sudo lxc exec mycontainer bash
  6. To stop the container, run the command: sudo lxc stop mycontainer
  7. To delete the container, run the command: sudo lxc delete mycontainer

Note: You can use different image as per your requirement, you can also use images from other Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Debian etc. Also keep in mind that you need to have your system up-to-date with latest package updates, as well as to have some free space available on your system.

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