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About lxd

LXD is a project now maintained by Canonical. It was formerly part of the Linux Containers project.

Key Capabilities

  • System container management with near-native performance
  • Scalable container orchestration for cloud infrastructure
  • Integration with Ubuntu ecosystem and tooling
  • Support for x86_64 and aarch64 architectures
  • Enterprise-grade CI infrastructure and support

Integrations

Ubuntu OSCanonical CI infrastructureLinux Containers image server

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Quick Facts

linuxcontainers.org/lxd
CategoryCloud Infrastructure
PricingSubscription
DeploymentSaaS
Target SizeEnterprise