@@ -1,27 +1,40 @@
---
title: "LXD: Containers for Human Beings"
subtitle: "Docker's great and all, but I prefer the workflow of interacting with VMs"
-date: 2023-06-14T10:50:41-04:00
+date: 2023-08-11T16:30:00-04:00
categories:
-- Technology
+ - Technology
tags:
-- Sysadmin-- Containers-- VMs-- Docker-- LXD
+ - Sysadmin
+ - Containers
+ - VMs
+ - Docker
+ - LXD
draft: true
rss_only: false
cover: ./cover.png
---
-This is a blog-post-version of a talk I presented at both Ubuntu Summit 2022 and
+This is a blog post version of a talk I presented at both Ubuntu Summit 2022 and
SouthEast LinuxFest 2023. The first was not recorded, but the second was and is
on [SELF's PeerTube instance.][selfpeertube] I apologise for the terrible, but
there's unfortunately nothing I can do about that.
[selfpeertube]: https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/w/hjiTPHVwGz4hy9n3cUL1mq?start=1m
+{{< adm type="warn" >}}
+
+**Note:** Canonical has decided to [pull LXD out][lxd] from under the Linux
+Containers entity and instead continue development under the Canonical brand.
+The majority of the LXD creators and developers have congregated around
+[Incus.][inc] I'll be keeping a close eye on the project and intend to migrate
+as soon as there's an installable release.
+
+[lxd]: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/
+[inc]: https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/
+
+{{< /adm >}}
+
## The benefits of VMs and containers
- **Isolation:** we don't want an attacker to get into our webserver and be able
@@ -68,9 +81,9 @@ there's unfortunately nothing I can do about that.
| | Hypervisor | | | .--+---------+---------+---. |
| '--------------+--------------' | | | Host Kernel | |
| .-------------+---------------. | | '--------------------------' |
-| | Host Kernel | | '------------------------------'
+| | Host Kernel | | '------------------------------'
| '-----------------------------' |
-'---------------------------------'
+'---------------------------------'
```
## When to use which
@@ -81,7 +94,9 @@ there's unfortunately nothing I can do about that.
- Virtualising non-Linux operating systems (Windows, macOS)
- Completely isolating processes from one another with a decades-old, battle-tested technique
-> See Drew DeVault's blog post [_In praise of qemu_](https://earl.run/rmBs) for a great use of VMs
+{{< adm type="note" >}}
+See Drew DeVault's blog post [_In praise of qemu_](https://earl.run/rmBs) for a great use of VMs
+{{< /adm >}}
### Application containers