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Set up and configure LXD on Fedora

Linux containers can be described as a form of operating system-level virtualization for the Linux operating system. On the other hand, LXD is a reliable system container manager. Today, we are going to take a look at setting up and configuring LXD on a Fedora Linux server.

Before we begin, we need a Fedora Linux server running on either bare metal or in the cloud.

How to set up & configure LXD on Fedora

1. First, install the Snapd package on our Fedora system with this command:

   sudo dnf install snapd
2. Then, create a symlink with the `ln` command to make sure Snapd paths are updated correctly:

   sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
3. Next, verify the Snapd version as seen below:

   snap version
4. Now, run this Snap command to install LXD:

   sudo systemctl restart snapd.service
sudo snap install lxd


   In case we run into a warning about the Snap bin directory not being in our `$PATH`, we have to log out and log in again to update our session.
5. At this point, we have to verify LXD installation as seen here:

   
sudo snap enable lxd
sudo snap services lxd

6. In case the LXD service is not active, we can start it with this command:

   sudo snap start lxd
7. Now, add a Linux user to the LXD group:

   sudo usermod -a -G lxd username
newgrp lxd


   We have to log out and log back in if the session is not activated.
8. At this point, we have to configure LXD by running this command:

   lxd init

   If we run into a warning about cgroup v2 not being fully supported, our experts suggest ignoring the warning for Fedora Linux 32.
9. Then, make sure the LXC client is communicating with the LXD daemon:

   lxc list
10. Now, allow traffic between the LXD bridge (`lxdbr0`) and the Internet by adding the bridge interface to the trusted zone:

    sudo firewall-cmd --zone=trusted --change-interface=lxdbr0 --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

11. Furthermore, we can view the list of available LXD images with this command:

    lxc image list images:

After the above steps, we can use the `launch` command to create and start containers from images:

lxc launch images:{distro}/{version}/{arch} {container-name-here}

Furthermore, we can enable snaps on Fedora and install LXD-BGP for additional features:

sudo dnf install snapd
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
sudo snap install lxd-bgp


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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Experts demonstrated how to set up & configure LXD on Fedora.