LXC

LXC (Linux Containers) is an operating system–level virtualization method for running multiple isolated Linux systems (containers) on a single control host.

Official project website: https://linuxcontainers.org

Getting started

Installation

On Fedora 21:

   $ sudo yum install lxc lxc-templates lxc-extra debootstrap

On Fedora 22

   $ sudo dnf install lxc lxc-templates lxc-extra debootstrap

The 'debootstrap' is necessary in order to build Debian-based containers.

Creating containers

Creating an Ubuntu container:

   # lxc-create -n lab1 -t ubuntu -- release precise