LXD
LXD: Canonical's high-performance container and VM management solution
About LXD
LXD is a powerful, open-source container and virtual machine management tool developed by Canonical. It provides a unified platform for deploying and managing Linux containers and virtual machines with ease. LXD is designed for scalability, security, and simplicity, making it ideal for both development and production environments.
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Incus is a community fork of LXD that is now part of the Linux Containers project. It was created after Canonical decided to move LXD under their own set of projects.
The official LXD documentation and resources are now available on Canonical's websites. You can find the documentation at https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/ and the GitHub repository at https://github.com/canonical/lxd.
The expected changes include the LXD GitHub repository moving to https://github.com/canonical/lxd, the LXD section on the Linux Containers community forum being sunset in favor of the Ubuntu Discourse forum, and the LXD CI infrastructure being moved under Canonical’s care.
Yes, the image server will keep operating as normal, though with less architectures available, limiting image building to x86_64 and aarch64.
You can learn more about Incus, the community fork of LXD, at https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/
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