Container installation (multiple vSLX labs)

Installing vSLX in Linux containers—rather than directly on a host—enables each user to have an independent virtual lab.

Linux Containers (LXC) support running multiple Linux systems on a control host using a single Linux kernel. We use privileged containers, created by root and running as root. After creating containers, you install one vSLX virtual lab in each container.

The recommended implementation flow utilizes a Linux bash script that we have developed. (This script enables xlxc commands, based on the Linux lxc commands.):

(Once) Installing the xlxc bash scripts
(For each lab) Creating a container for vSLX
(For each lab) Installing vSLX in a container

The advantages of the xlxc flow over directly using lxc are as follows:

There is no need to edit the default Linux container-configuration file.
The command syntax is less complex.
There are fewer steps.

Note

If you need container installation of vSLX using lxc commands (and manual editing of the container-configuration file), refer to Multiple vSLX labs (lxc).