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To: FJB who wrote (1063)

12/3/2013 6:17:08 PM

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LXC

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LXC - Linux ContainersDeveloper(s)Stable release Preview releaseDevelopment statusWritten inOperating system Platform Type LicenseWebsite

Daniel Lezcano, Serge Hallyn, Stéphane Graber
0.9.0 [1] / 12 May 2013; 6 months ago
1.0.0~alpha3 / 15 November 2013; 11 days ago
Active
C, python3, shell, lua
Linux
x86, x86-64, IA-64, PowerPC, SPARC, Itanium, ARM.
OS-level virtualization
GNU LGPL v.2.1 (some components under GNU GPL v2 and BSD)
linuxcontainers.org

LXC (LinuX Containers) is an operating system-level virtualization method for running multiple isolated Linux systems (containers) on a single control host.

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1 Overview 2 Alternatives 3 References 4 External links

Overview[ edit]LXC provides operating system-level virtualization not via a virtual machine, but rather provides a virtual environment that has its own process and network space. LXC relies on the Linux kernel cgroups functionality that was released in version 2.6.24. It also relies on other kinds of namespace-isolation functionality, which were developed and integrated into the mainline Linux kernel. It is used by Heroku to provide separation between their dynos. [2]

Alternatives[ edit]LXC is similar to other OS-level virtualization technologies on Linux such as OpenVZ and Linux-VServer, as well as those on other operating systems such as FreeBSD jails, AIX Workload Partitions and Solaris Containers.

References[ edit]
Jump up^ Download lxc Jump up^ "Dynos and Dyno Manager". Heroku. Retrieved 1 Aug 2013.
External links[ edit] LXC on SourceForge.net IBM developerworks article about LXC "Evading from Linux Containers" by Marco D'Itri Presentation about cgroups and namespaces, the underlying technology of Linux containers, by Rami Rosen LXC : Install and configure the Linux Containers