lxccreate
Lxccreate is a command-line utility designed to automate the creation of Linux containers (LXC). It provides a higher-level wrapper around the standard LXC creation workflow, offering template-based image selection, profile-driven configuration, and post-creation setup. The tool focuses on reproducibility and ease of use, enabling administrators and developers to deploy consistent container environments.
- Template-based image selection: users can choose base images from a range of templates or remote repositories,
- Profiles: predefined configurations for resources, networking, mounts, and lifecycle hooks can be applied to ensure consistent
- Post-creation steps: support for executing commands inside the new container after creation to install software or
- Reproducibility and auditing: parameters and decisions are captured in profile files and logs to aid troubleshooting
- Dry-run and validation: the tool can simulate a creation process to validate configuration before committing changes.
- Extensibility: supports plugins or custom templates to adapt to different environments and workflows.
Common usage patterns include commands such as lxccreate --name mycontainer --template ubuntu --release focal --arch amd64
Lxccreate is an open-source project maintained by a community-driven ecosystem within the LXC tooling space. It