Leveraging Containers for Development
The need for agile, reproducible, and isolated environments has become paramount in the ever-evolving software development landscape. LXD, the Linux container daemon, emerges as a powerful ally for developers on Ubuntu, offering a lightweight and flexible solution to these challenges. This chapter provides an in-depth exploration of LXD containers, encompassing their advantages, intricacies of setup and usage, advanced features tailored for diverse development workflows, and a glimpse into the future of LXD in the development domain.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Why LXD?
- Creating development containers
- Getting the most from your containers
