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1 Please see the COPYING file for details on copying and usage.
2 Please refer to the INSTALL file for instructions on how to build.
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4 What is lxc:
5
6 The container technology is actively being pushed into the mainstream linux
7 kernel. It provides the resource management through the control groups aka
8 process containers and resource isolation through the namespaces.
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10 The linux containers, lxc, aims to use these new functionnalities to pro-
11 vide an userspace container object which provides full resource isolation
12 and resource control for an applications or a system.
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14 The first objective of this project is to make the life easier for the ker-
15 nel developers involved in the containers project and especially to con-
16 tinue working on the Checkpoint/Restart new features. The lxc is small
17 enough to easily manage a container with simple command lines and complete
18 enough to be used for other purposes.
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20 Using lxc:
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22 Refer the lxc* man pages (generated from doc/* files)
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24 Downloading the current source code:
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26 Source for the latest released version can always be downloaded from
27 http://lxc.sourceforge.net/download/lxc
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29 You can browse the up to the minute source code and change history online.
30 http://lxc.git.sourceforge.net
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32 For detailed build instruction refer to INSTALL and man lxc man page
33 but a short command line should work:
34 ./configure && make && sudo make install && sudo lxc-setcap
35 preceded by ./autogen.sh if configure do not exist yet.
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37 Getting help:
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39 when you find you need help, you can check out one of the two
40 lxc mailing list archives and register if interested:
41 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-devel
42 https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users
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44 Portability:
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46 lxc is still in development, so the command syntax and the API can
47 change. The version 1.0.0 will be the frozen version.
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49 lxc is developed and tested on Linux since kernel mainline version 2.6.27
50 (without network) and 2.6.29 with network isolation.
51 is compiled with gcc, and supports i686, x86_64, ppc, ppc64, S390 archi.
52
53 AUTHOR
54 Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>