Launching LXD Containers

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Launching LXD Containers

LXD, or the Linux Container Daemon, lets us leverage the resource-light LXC virtualization method, as well as providing additional support for the container images we use to spin up our containers. In this lab, we'll pull down and cache two separate images, then create a series of containers based on these images.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Jul 21, 2025

Duration

15m

Challenge

Copy the Alpine Linux Image
Copy the image to the LXD server, ensuring to provide an alias:
```
lxc image copy images:alpine/edge local: --alias alpine
```
Challenge

Copy the Ubuntu Image
Copy the image to the LXD server, ensuring to provide an alias:
```
lxc image copy ubuntu: local: --alias ubuntu
```
Challenge

Launch the Alpine Linux Container
Launch a new container, called alpine-test:
```
lxc launch alpine alpine-test
```
Challenge

Launch the Ubuntu Container
Launch the ubuntu-test container:
```
lxc launch ubuntu ubuntu-test
```

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