Root-Verzeichnis anlegen
# mkdir -p /lxc/guest/rootfs
Minimales Linux (Ubuntu) installieren
# debootstrap --arch i386 lucid /lxc/guest/rootfs http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu
...
In der Datei /lxc/guest/rootfs/lib/init/fstab die folgenden Zeilen auskommentieren:
/proc
/dev
/dev/pts
Hostname setzen
# echo "guest" > /lxc/guest/rootfs/etc/hostname
Host-Datei anpassen
# cat <<EOF > /lxc/guest/rootfs/etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost guest
EOF
Mittels chroot weitere Anpassungen durchführen
# chroot /lxc/guest/rootfs /bin/bash
# adduser admin
# echo "%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL" >> /etc/sudousers
# aptitude install ...
# exit
Mountpoints in /lxc/guest/fstab anlegen
# cat <<EOF > /lxc/guest/fstab
none /lxc/guest/rootfs/dev/pts devpts defaults 0 0
none /lxc/guest/rootfs/var/run tmpfs defaults 0 0
none /lxc/guest/rootfs/dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
EOF
Konfigurationsdatei anlegen
cat <<EOF > /lxc/guest/conf
lxc.utsname = guest # name of your guest container
lxc.tty = 4
lxc.network.type = veth
lxc.network.flags = up
lxc.network.link = br0
lxc.network.ipv4 = 192.168.0.20
lxc.network.name = eth0
lxc.mount = /lxc/guest/fstab
lxc.rootfs = /lxc/guest/rootfs
lxc.pts = 1024
#
lxc.cgroup.devices.deny = a
# /dev/null and zero
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 1:3 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 1:5 rwm
# console
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 5:1 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 5:0 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 4:0 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 4:1 rwm
# dev/{,u}ranom
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 1:9 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 1:8 rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 136:* rwm
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 5:2 rwm
# rtc
lxc.cgroup.devices.allow = c 254:0 rwm
EOF
Link nach /etc/lxc legen
# ln -sf /lxc/guest/conf /etc/lxc/guest.conf
Name des Containers in die Datei /etc/default/lxc (autostart) eintragen
CONTAINERS="guest1 guest2"
Container erzeugen
# lxc-create -n guest -f /etc/lxc/guest.conf
System starten
# lxc-start -n guest -d
Zugriff über die Console
# lxc-console -n guest
Siehe auch: LXC HOWTO
chroot /lxc/login/rootfs /bin/bash