On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 6:12 PM, István Király - LaKing <d...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello users, and mainly developers, .. > > My question is, how reliable, how stable is LXC in a production environment? > > .. how far is LXC from being released as stabile 1.0? >
As a user, I'd say lxc is usable for either: - dev purposes - production environment, where you control all the containers, and using it for programs that works, and basically using lxc for resource cap and network isolation purposes Note that while most programs will work as-is on a container, some might not work at all (e.g. those that loads and use their own custom kernel module), while some needs special treatment (e.g. oracle db and others that use large shared memory might need apparmor and friends turned off, which results in the container being capable of doing dangerous things to the host). I would not use lxc for shared vps setup (like openvz) at this moment due to some unsolved security issues. > .. what OS is recommended for a stable environment with LXC? I'd say latest Ubuntu stable. It works fine as-is, and uses apparmor to workaround some lxc security issues. > .. what kernel version is recommended? Generally whatever version that comes with the distro that supports lxc. Do NOT force yourself to use lxc with an "ancient" distro (e.g. RHEL/centos6, or debian stable). Instead, if you have a program that only works on those distros, use newer distro for the host, while running the "stable" distro as guest container. -- Fajar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Lxc-users mailing list Lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users
