[CentOS-virt] CentOS-6.0 and LXC

SZ Quadri sz at quadri.in
Tue Jul 19 05:52:45 EDT 2011


On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 4:29 AM, Always Learning <centos at u6.u22.net> wrote:

>
> On Tue, 2011-07-19 at 08:22 +1000, Matt Paine wrote:
>
> > As far as I am aware, KVM uses the cpu hardware to run completely
> > different operating systems independently of the host.
> >
> >
> > LXC is similar to Linux-VServer, or virtuozzo, where you are always
> > running a base kernel, and can run multiple init's at the same time.
> >
> > ...............
>
> Thank you for your explanation. It is most helpful. To summarise what I
> think is correct: One can run multiple LXC containers, each containing
> an identical version of the main host operating system but processes are
> separate from the others. KVM creates a type of 'container' allowing
> different host operating systems to run in that container.
>
> Can one run inside a LXC container a KVM ?
>
> Can one run inside a KVM some LXC containers ?
>
> Or is the simultaneous usage on the same machine of LXC and KVM mutually
> exclusive or incompatible ?
>
>
It may not be exactly like LXC but you can also have a look a OpenVZ.
I have been using it on many servers for years with no problems. It is quite
lightweight and easy to use.
I think you can run OpenVZ inside KVM as well.

- SZ Quadri
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