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Managing LXC in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE)

This document discusses how to manage LXC containers in Proxmox Virtual Environment. It covers downloading template images, creating an LXC container from a template, configuring the container, launching a shell within the container, stopping and destroying containers, and removing template images. Managing LXC in PVE allows users to easily create and configure application and system containers on Linux.

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Managing LXC in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE)

This document discusses how to manage LXC containers in Proxmox Virtual Environment. It covers downloading template images, creating an LXC container from a template, configuring the container, launching a shell within the container, stopping and destroying containers, and removing template images. Managing LXC in PVE allows users to easily create and configure application and system containers on Linux.

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Managing LXC in Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE)

We will explore the syntax of managing LXC using PVE. Use


commands that are commonly used by system administrators and cover
the basics of creating, removing, and managing LXC in PVE.
What's LXC?
LXC is a user space interface for the Linux kernel containment features.
Through a powerful API and simple tools, it lets Linux users easily
create and manage system or application containers.
Template Image
Creating an LXC in PVE is to download a template image. A template
image is a preconfigured image of an operating system that can be used
to create new LXC quickly.
The first step update container template database:
pveam update

List available images:


pveam available

Also filter the output:


pveam available --section system

The following command downloads a template image of an Ubuntu


22.04 operating system and saves it in the storage pool named
"volume01":
pveam download volume01 vztmpl/ubuntu-22.04-
standard_22.04-1_amd64.tar.zst

Listing Template Images


To see a list of all the template images stored in the storage pool named
"volume01," use the following command:
pveam list volume01
NAME SIZE
volume01:vztmpl/ubuntu-22.04-standard_22.04-
1_amd64.tar.zst 123.81MB

Creating an LXC
Now that we have a template image, we can create a new LXC.
pct create 403 volume01:vztmpl/ubuntu-22.04-
standard_22.04-1_amd64.tar.zst \
--storage volume01 --rootfs volume=volume01:16 \
--ostype ubuntu --arch amd64 --password P@ssw0rd --
unprivileged 1 \
--cores 2 --memory 1024 --swap 0 \
--hostname lxc-ubuntu \
--net0
name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,ip=dhcp,firewall=1,type=veth \
--start true

Configuring the LXC

pct create creates a


new LXC with
ID 403 and
the image
from the
storage
"volume01

-storage volume01 specifies


the storage
pool to be
used for
storing the
LXC's disks.

--ostype ubuntu --arch amd64 specify the


operating
system and
architecture
of the LXC.

--password P@ssw0rd --unprivileged 1 set the root


password for
the LXC and
enable
unprivileged
mode.

--cores 2 --memory 1024 --swap 0 specify the


number of
CPU cores,
amount of
memory and
swap space
allocated to
the LXC.

--hostname lxc-ubuntu This option


sets the
hostname of
the LXC to
"lxc-
ubuntu".

--net0 the
name=eth0,bridge=vmbr0,ip=dhcp,firewall=1,type=veth interface
name set to
eth0 and
bridge to
vmbr0 from
the host,
enable
firewall and
the network
type value
is: veth.

--start true This option


starts the
LXC after it
has been
created.

about veth
This type of network interface allows the LXC (container) or virtual
machine to communicate with other devices on the network as if it were
a physical device on the network. The veth interface also allows for
network isolation between different LXC or virtual machines running on
the same host system.
Launch a shell for the LXC
Enter the container:
pct enter 403

Update the system:


apt update && apt upgrade

Create user:
useradd -m user -s /bin/bash

Switch to user:
su – user

Cleaning up
Stop the LXC
pct stop 401
Destroying an LXC
To remove an LXC from the system, use the following command:
pct destroy 401 –purge

This command destroys the LXC with ID 401 and removes its
configuration files from the system.
Removing a Template Image
If you want to remove a template image from the storage pool, use the
following command:
pveam remove volume01:vztmpl/vztmpl/ubuntu-22.04-
standard_22.04-1_amd64.tar.zst

Conclusion:
We covered the basics of managing LXC in Proxmox Virtual
Environment (PVE).
Looked at how to download a template image, create an LXC, and
configure it with various options. We also saw how to remove an LXC
from the system.
PVE offers many more commands and options for managing LXCs, and
we encourage you to explore them further to get the most out of this
powerful virtualization platform.

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