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Blog posts tagged
"LXD"

Miona Aleksic
12 September 2022

Using LXD to host your own ERP, cost-effectively

Cloud and server Article

Are you looking to host your own ERP cost-effectively, or perhaps evaluating solutions to host other types of applications for your small business? Learn how you can do that with LXD. ...

Miona Aleksic
24 August 2022

Open source for beginners: setting up your dev environment with LXD

Cloud and server Article

Are you looking for a way to practice your Linux commands without jeopardizing your underlying system? Want to practice running complex infrastructure use cases? Want to understand how the application you develop on your laptop would behave on a cloud instance? Try LXD. ...

Miona Aleksic
9 June 2022

LXD virtual machines: an overview

Cloud and server Article

In this blog, we’ll explore some of the main VM features that help you run your infrastructure on LXD. ...

Miona Aleksic
12 May 2022

Setting up a secure shared development environment with LXD

Cloud and server Article

LXD multi-user feature allows for secure development in shared development environments. Learn more about the feature in this blog. ...

Miona Aleksic
26 April 2022

LXD 5.0 LTS is now available

Cloud and server Article

The stable release of LXD, the system container and VM manager, is now available. LXD 5.0 is the fourth LTS release for LXD, and will be supported for 5 years, until June 2027. ...

Miona Aleksic
31 March 2022

LXD vs Docker

Cloud and server Article

When talking about containers, a common confusion for potential users of LXD is that LXD is an alternative to Docker or Kubernetes. However, LXD and Docker are not competing container technologies, and they tend to serve completely different purposes. In this blog, we’ll briefly discuss the differences and the suitable use cases for both. ...

Miona Aleksic
15 March 2022

What are Linux containers?

Cloud and server Article

This blog explains what are Linux containers, how they differ from application containers, and when should you use them. ...

Bill Wear
19 August 2021

About MAAS 3.0 and LXD

Cloud and server MAAS

With the release of MAAS 3.0, we moved LXD virtual machines out of Beta. Several articles in the MAAS documentation address LXD.  Since no document ties all these features together, though, it’s time for a topical blog about LXD. About LXD LXD, pronounced “lex-DEE,” is a container manager, as well as a virtual machine manager. ...

Rhys Davies
16 March 2021

Running an open source multi-cloud with Ubuntu, LXD, and Mist

Cloud and server Article

This is a guest post authored by Chris Psaltis. We are reproducing it here with Chris’ permission. Chris is the co-founder and CEO of Mist.io and uses Ubuntu and LXD on his platform on a regular basis. Thanks, Chris! One of the advantages that Ubuntu brings to the cloud equation is improving an organization’s ability ...

Canonical
22 October 2020

Ubuntu 20.10 on Raspberry Pi delivers the full Linux desktop and micro clouds

Cloud and server Article

22nd October 2020: Canonical today released Ubuntu 20.10 with optimised Raspberry Pi images for desktop in support of learners, inventors, educators and entrepreneurs, bringing the world’s most open platform to the world’s most accessible hardware. “In this release, we celebrate the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s commitment to put open computi ...

Rhys Davies
9 October 2020

Homelab clusters: LXD micro cloud on Raspberry Pi

Internet of Things Article

Set up and run your own homelab with the LXD Ubuntu Appliance. Spin up and manage virtual machines (VMs) and containers, run and test workloads across platforms and architectures, and rest assured of security and updates with Ubuntu Core. Follow the tutorial to get started or read on to learn why you might care.      Why ...

sidfaber
24 July 2020

Simulate the TurtleBot3

Robotics Article

Interested in getting started in robotics? There’s no need to purchase expensive hardware before you try some things out: simulate a TurtleBot3 instead! The simulator is complete with LIDAR, a camera, a gyro and many other sensors and actuators. You can also see this installation in action at the Ubuntu Robotics YouTube channel. Software ...

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