How is “lxd” different from lxc/docker?

Question

Questions

• How does lxd provide Full operating system functionality within containers, not just single processes?
• How is it different from lxc/docker +

Answer 1

LXD is based on liblxc, its purpose is to control some lxc with added capabilities, like snapshots or live migration. LXD is linked to LXC and they are OS centered.

Docker is much more application centered, based at the beginning on LXC but now independent from LXC, it can use openvz or whatever. Docker only focuses on application with lib and dependency, not on OS.

look at this for more : https://www.flockport.com/lxc-vs-lxd-vs-docker-making-sense-of-the-rapidly-evolving-container-ecosystem/

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