Practical LXC and LXD: Linux Containers for Virtualization and Orchestration - Tapa blanda

Chapter Goal:

This chapter gives a formal introduction to containers, what is the need for containers, how flexible are containers than traditional virtualization techniques. We also walk through some of the features which Linux kernel offers which helps in providing containerization. Touch upon containerization equivalents in other operating systems such as Solaris, BSD, Parallels, etc.

No of pages 15 - 20 pages

Chapter 2: Installation

Chapter Goal:

Discuss various installation methods available in some major GNU/Linux distributions in order to install LXC and LXD.

No of pages: 15 - 20 pages

Chapter 3: Basics and getting started with LXC, LXD

Chapter Goal:

Explain what is LXC and LXD with some basics. The first steps towards using LXC and LXD will be discussed in this chapter.

No of pages : 20 - 25 pages

Chapter 4: Use cases that will be solved by LXC and LXD

Chapter Goal:

Discuss various use cases that could be addressed by using LXC and LXC for different classes of users.

No of pages: 40 - 50 pages

Sub - Topics:

1. For Developers

2. Dev-ops

3. System Administrators

Chapter 5: LXC, LXD repositories

Chapter Goal:

This chapter discusses about using LXC, LXD repositories and the templates that are involved. It will give an overview on the internal working of LXC and LXD.

No of pages: 15 - 20 pages

Chapter 6: LXC and LXD with common virtualization and orchestration tools

Chapter Goal:

This chapter discusses integrating LXC and LXD with commong virtualization and orchestration tools such as libvirt, SaltStack, etc.

No of pages: 15 - 20 pages

Chapter 7: Containerization and security in IoT (Case Study)

Chapter Goal:

This chapter explores the common problems in IoT security and does a case study on how containerization can help mitigate some of the operating system level security issues in IoT environment.

No of pages: 15 - 20 pages