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Containerization with LXC

You're reading from Containerization with LXC Build, manage, and configure Linux containers

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785888946

Length 352 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Containerization

Author (1):

Konstantin Ivanov

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Table of Contents (10) Chapters

Preface

1. Introduction to Linux Containers FREE CHAPTER

2. Installing and Running LXC on Linux Systems

3. Command-Line Operations Using Native and Libvirt Tools

4. LXC Code Integration with Python

5. Networking in LXC with the Linux Bridge and Open vSwitch

6. Clustering and Horizontal Scaling with LXC

7. Monitoring and Backups in a Containerized World

8. Using LXC with OpenStack

A. LXC Alternatives to Docker and OpenVZ

Chapter 4. LXC Code Integration with Python

This chapter will introduce you to the Python bindings provided by both the LXC and libvirt APIs. We'll explore which container functionalities are possible and which are not, using the upstream lxc-dev and python-libvirt packages on Ubuntu and the lxc-devel and libvirt-python packages on CentOS.

To gain the most out of this chapter, some knowledge of Python is required. If you are a developer, this chapter is probably the most important one for you.

In this chapter, we'll cover the following topics in this order:

Building and managing containers using the lxc Python bindings
Creating and orchestrating containers using the libvirt Python bindings
Using LXC as a backend for development and testing with Vagrant
Developing a simple frontend RESTful API to LXC, using the Bottle micro framework and the lxc libraries

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Authors (1)

Konstantin Ivanov

Konstantin Ivanov

Konstantin Ivanov is a Linux Systems Engineer, an open source developer, and a technology blogger who has been designing, configuring, deploying, and administering large-scale, highly available Linux environments for more than 15 years. His interests include large distributed systems and task automation, along with solving technical challenges involving multiple technology stacks. Konstantin received two Master of Science in Computer Science degrees from universities in Bulgaria and the United States, specializing in System and Network security and Software engineering. In his spare time, he loves writing technology blogs and spending time with his two boys.

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