Running GUI applications in LXD

Getting Started

git clone https://github.com/sayems/lxc.resources.git

Navigate to lxc.resources directory and then run the following command:

$ ansible-playbook ubuntu.yml

Now, wait for LXD container to be ready. This might take a while to complete.

You can now login to the ubuntu container by running the following command:

$ lxc exec ubuntu -- sudo --user ubuntu --login

You can run glxgears to verify graphics hardware acceleration is working.

glxgears

If you want to run Firefox from the container, run the following command:

$ lxc exec ubuntu -- sudo --login --user ubuntu firefox