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lxc.md: add Incus to LXC page
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# LXC
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The [Linux Containers project](https://linuxcontainers.org/) includes three
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subprojects: [LXC](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/introduction/),
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[LXD](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/introduction/) and
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[LXCFS](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxcfs/introduction/). The project also
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included the CGManager project, which has been deprecated in favor of the CGroup
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namespace in recent kernels.
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The [Linux Containers project](https://linuxcontainers.org/) includes four
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subprojects: [Incus](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/introduction/),
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[LXC](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/introduction/),
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[LXCFS](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxcfs/introduction/) and
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[distrobuilder](https://linuxcontainers.org/distrobuilder/introduction/).
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The project also formerly included the CGManager and
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[LXD](https://canonical.com/lxd) projects. CGManager has been deprecated in
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favor of the CGroup namespace in recent kernels. LXD has become a Canonical
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project. Incus was forked from LXD to be a community driven alternative, and is
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led and maintained by many of the original creators.
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## Configuring LXC
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## Incus
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Incus provides an alternative interface to LXC's `lxc-*` utilities. However, it
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does not require the configuration described in [the previous section](#lxc).
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In `/etc/rc.conf`, set the `CGROUP_MODE` variable to `unified`. Install the
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`incus` package, and [enable](../services/index.md#enabling-services) the
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`incus` service.
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Add users who should have full control over Incus to the '_incus-admin' group.
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Optionally, some users can be given limited access to Incus as described
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[here](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/howto/projects_confine/#confine-projects-to-specific-incus-users).
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Add users to the `_incus` group, and enable the `incus-user` service.
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Note that `incus-user` will initialize the default Incus profile when it is
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started. To avoid default configuration initialize Incus for yourself with
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`incus admin init` before enabling `incus-user`.
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> Warning: `incus-user` will also replace the networking config of the default
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> profile if it appears invalid. runit does not have socket activation so this
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> happens when when the machine boots instead of when a user calls `incus`. If
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> the default profile uses a [bridge
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> interface](../network/index.md#bridge-interfaces) `incus-user` may replace it
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> on boot.
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To migrate existing LXD setups to Incus, use the `lxd-to-incus` tool from the
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`incus-tools` package as described
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[here](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/howto/server_migrate_lxd/).
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To migrate existing LXC containers to Incus use the `lxc-to-incus` script from
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the `incus-tools` package as described
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[here](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/howto/migrate_from_lxc/).
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## LXD
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Use the `lxc` command to manage instances, as described
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[here](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/en/latest/howto/).

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