| {pve} 1.x | Debian 5 (Lenny) | 2008-10 | 2012-03 | 2013-01
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-LXC vs LXD vs Docker::
+LXC vs LXD vs Proxmox Containers vs Docker::
LXC is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment
features. Through a powerful API and simple tools, it lets Linux users easily
allows you to run a complete OS inside a container, where you log in as ssh,
add users, run apache, etc...
+
+Proxmox VE aims at system virtualization, and thus uses LXC as the basis of its
+own container offer. LXC provides countless options, and it would be too
+difficult to use LXC tools directly. Instead, we provide a small wrapper called
+`pct`, the "Proxmox Container Toolkit", using LXC as a low-level library.
++
Docker aims at running a *single* application running in a contained
environment. Hence you're managing a docker instance from the host with the
docker toolkit.
+
-NOTE: Proxmox VE aims at system virtualization, and thus uses LXC as the basis
-of its own container offer. You can however perfectly install and use docker
-inside a VM, and thus getting the benefit of software containerization
-with the very strong isolation that VMs provide.
+NOTE: You can however perfectly install and use docker inside a Proxmox Qemu
+VM, and thus getting the benefit of software containerization with the very
+strong isolation that VMs provide.