Linux Containers (LXC)

Containers provide operating-system level virtualization by enhancing the concept of chroot environments, which isolate resources and file systems for a particular group of processes without the overhead and complexity of virtual machines. They access the same kernel, devices, and file systems on the underlying host and provide a thin operational layer built around a set of rules.

The Linux Containers (LXC) project implements operating system level virtualization on Linux using kernel namespaces and includes the following features:

Resource isolation including CPU, memory, block I/O, and network using cgroups.
Selective connectivity to physical and virtual network devices on the underlying physical host.
Support for a variety of backing stores including LVM.
Built on a foundation of stable Linux technologies with an active development and support community.

Useful commands:

List containers and summary information such as operational state and network configuration:
```
# lxc-ls --fancy
```
Show container details including operational state, resource utilization, and veth pairs:
```
# lxc-info --name container_name
```
Start a container:
```
# lxc-start --name container_name
```
Attach to a container:
```
# lxc-attach --name container_name
```
Stop a container:
```
# lxc-stop --name container_name
```

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