LXC containers

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf container technology
gptkbp:developedBy Linux community
gptkbp:enables multiple isolated Linux systems on a single host
gptkbp:feature filesystem isolation
network isolation
process isolation
snapshot support
resource limits
support for multiple architectures
container cloning
container migration
container snapshots
container templates
integration with systemd
security profiles
template-based container creation
unprivileged containers
AppArmor support
console access
user namespaces
SELinux support
container checkpoint/restore
integration with orchestration tools
CGroups v1 and v2 support
IPv4 and IPv6 networking
REST API (via LXD)
container configuration files
container logging
container resource monitoring
custom network bridges
integration with cloud-init
live container migration (with CRIU)
seccomp support
storage backends
gptkbp:firstReleased 2008
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Linux_Containers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label LXC containers
gptkbp:license LGPLv2.1+
gptkbp:openSource true
gptkbp:operatingSystem gptkb:Linux
gptkbp:packageManager gptkb:dnf
apt
pacman
yum
gptkbp:programmingLanguage C
gptkbp:provides lightweight virtualization
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:LXD
gptkb:systemd-nspawn
gptkb:Docker
gptkbp:supportedBy major Linux distributions
gptkbp:type operating-system-level virtualization
gptkbp:usesKernelFeatures gptkb:cgroups
namespaces
gptkbp:website https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Container_Station
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8