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Containerization - Quick Tips

Following are some quick tips related to Docker and LXC/LXD containers:

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Running Graphical applications within LXD containers

LXD containers provide an isolated environment, which is separate from the main host. Sometimes we may need to run GUI apps from the container. For example during development of desktop applications.

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Bad performance of virtio network drivers on Proxmox

This blog post is about my experience with trying to optimize network performance on a virtual machine managed by the Proxmox virtualization platform.

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Backing up and restoring LXD containers

LXD containers can be backed up by creating snapshots or by creating an image from the container. The first method which is creating snapshots is useful for taking quick incremental backups of containers. However it does not provide a full backup. The second method allows creating full backup.

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