Installing Calculate in LXD

Updated 7 August 2019

The LXD container hypervisor is based on LXC, but has its own configuration and deployment tools. Use the following instructions to install Calculate Linux Container with LXD.

Installing software

To work with LXD containers, first install app-emulation/lxd:

Configuring LXD

Unlike LXC configuration, the network bridge is made up by the lxd+ daemon, saving you the trouble of configuring it yourself. Lauch the /etc/init.d/lxd daemon:

Now define basic settings:

You will be prompted some questions. You can use the default settings. Then a virtual bridge lxdbr0+ will be created.

Adding a remote repository for the container image

Now add the remote repository, where your container image will be stored:

To make things a bit more complicated, LXD must be configured with the lxc tool ;)

Creating a container

To view the list of the available images, run:

To install Calculate, run:

Where:

• calculate:CLC/17 is the repository and the image alias;
• calculate is a random container name.

LXD stores all data in /var/lib/lxd.

Starting the container

To start your LXD container, please run:

Add the container to autostart:

To go to the container's command line shell, run:

To stop the container, run:

To remove the container, run: