LXC [SEP] operating system
LXC
LXC (Linux Containers) is an operating-system-level virtualization method for running multiple isolated Linux systems (containers) on a control host using a single Linux kernel.
The Linux kernel provides the cgroups functionality that allows limitation and prioritization of resources (CPU, memory, block I/O, network, etc.) without the need for starting any virtual machines, and also namespace isolation functionality that allows complete isolation of an applications' view of the operating environment, including process trees, networking, user
applied to the kernel sources. Version 1 of LXC, which was released on , is a long-term supported version and intended to be supported for five years.
See also.
- Open Container Initiative
- CoreOS
- Docker, a project automating deployment of applications inside software containers
- Apache Mesos, a large-scale cluster management platform based on container isolation
- Operating system-level virtualization implementations
- Proxmox Virtual Environment, an open-source server virtualization management platform supporting LXC containers and KVM