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This page is dedicated to more advanced topics related to using LXD with Juju. The main page is Using LXD with Juju.

The topics presented here are:

• Charms and LXD profiles

LXD Profiles

LXD profiles define a way to create and modify instances using configuration files. More information about LXD profiles can be found in their documentation.

Charms and LXD profiles

Juju (v.2.5.0) supports LXD profiles for charms. This is implemented by including file lxd-profile.yaml in a charm’s root directory. For example, here is a simple two-line file (this is taken from the Openvswitch charm):

config:
  linux.kernel_modules: openvswitch,ip_tables,ip6_tables

The profile will be applied to a LXD container that the charm is deployed into. The following functionality is built in:

• A validity check is performed on the profile(s) during the deployment of the charm. This is based on a hardcoded list of allowed items, everything else being denied. The --force option can be used to bypass this check but this is not recommended. The list is:

config
   -boot
   -limits
   -migration

devices
   unix-char
   unix-block
   gpu
   usb

• Profiles are upgraded during the upgrade of the charm (juju upgrade-charm).
• Profiles are displayed at the machine level by using either the show-machine command or the status --format=yaml command. Below is an example of the kind of information that can be obtained from either of these two commands:

   lxd-profiles:
      juju-default-lxd-profile-0:
        config:
          environment.http_proxy: ""
          linux.kernel_modules: openvswitch,nbd,ip_tables,ip6_tables
          security.nesting: "true"
          security.privileged: "true"
        description: lxd profile for testing, black list items grouped commented out
        devices:
          bdisk:
            source: /dev/loop0
            type: unix-block
          sony:
            productid: 51da
            type: usb
            vendorid: 0fce
          tun:
            path: /dev/net/tun
            type: unix-char

See the LXD documentation to learn about the valid profile configuration options.

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