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--- ---
title: "LXD: Containers for Human Beings" title: "LXD: Containers for Human Beings"
subtitle: "Docker's great and all, but I prefer the workflow of interacting with VMs" subtitle: "Docker's great and all, but I prefer the workflow of interacting with VMs"
date: 2023-06-14T10:50:41-04:00 date: 2023-08-11T16:30:00-04:00
categories: categories:
- Technology - Technology
tags: tags:
- Sysadmin - Sysadmin
- Containers - Containers
- VMs - VMs
- Docker - Docker
- LXD - LXD
draft: true draft: true
rss_only: false rss_only: false
cover: ./cover.png cover: ./cover.png
--- ---
This is a blog-post-version of a talk I presented at both Ubuntu Summit 2022 and This is a blog post version of a talk I presented at both Ubuntu Summit 2022 and
SouthEast LinuxFest 2023. The first was not recorded, but the second was and is SouthEast LinuxFest 2023. The first was not recorded, but the second was and is
on [SELF's PeerTube instance.][selfpeertube] I apologise for the terrible, but on [SELF's PeerTube instance.][selfpeertube] I apologise for the terrible, but
there's unfortunately nothing I can do about that. there's unfortunately nothing I can do about that.
[selfpeertube]: https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/w/hjiTPHVwGz4hy9n3cUL1mq?start=1m [selfpeertube]: https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/w/hjiTPHVwGz4hy9n3cUL1mq?start=1m
{{< adm type="warn" >}}
**Note:** Canonical has decided to [pull LXD out][lxd] from under the Linux
Containers entity and instead continue development under the Canonical brand.
The majority of the LXD creators and developers have congregated around
[Incus.][inc] I'll be keeping a close eye on the project and intend to migrate
as soon as there's an installable release.
[lxd]: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/
[inc]: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/
{{< /adm >}}
## The benefits of VMs and containers ## The benefits of VMs and containers
- **Isolation:** we don't want an attacker to get into our webserver and be able - **Isolation:** we don't want an attacker to get into our webserver and be able
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| | Hypervisor | | | .--+---------+---------+---. | | | Hypervisor | | | .--+---------+---------+---. |
| '--------------+--------------' | | | Host Kernel | | | '--------------+--------------' | | | Host Kernel | |
| .-------------+---------------. | | '--------------------------' | | .-------------+---------------. | | '--------------------------' |
| | Host Kernel | | '------------------------------' | | Host Kernel | | '------------------------------'
| '-----------------------------' | | '-----------------------------' |
'---------------------------------' '---------------------------------'
``` ```
## When to use which ## When to use which
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- Virtualising non-Linux operating systems (Windows, macOS) - Virtualising non-Linux operating systems (Windows, macOS)
- Completely isolating processes from one another with a decades-old, battle-tested technique - Completely isolating processes from one another with a decades-old, battle-tested technique
> See Drew DeVault's blog post [_In praise of qemu_](https://earl.run/rmBs) for a great use of VMs {{< adm type="note" >}}
See Drew DeVault's blog post [_In praise of qemu_](https://earl.run/rmBs) for a great use of VMs
{{< /adm >}}
### Application containers ### Application containers