====== LXC Debian Jessie ======

This document shows how to install LXC environment and start first container with **Debian 8 Jessie**.

===== Installation =====

==== Packages ====

The basic installation requires the following packages:

   apt-get -y install lxc bridge-utils

==== Test LXC capabilities ====

Check the configuration of LXC into the host box with `lxc-checkconfig` command:

   # lxc-checkconfig
   Kernel configuration not found at /proc/config.gz; searching...
   Kernel configuration found at /boot/config-3.16.0-4-amd64
   --- Namespaces ---
   Namespaces: enabled
   Utsname namespace: enabled
   Ipc namespace: enabled
   Pid namespace: enabled
   User namespace: enabled
   Network namespace: enabled
   Multiple /dev/pts instances: enabled
   
   --- Control groups ---
   Cgroup: enabled
   Cgroup clone_children flag: enabled
   Cgroup device: enabled
   Cgroup sched: enabled
   Cgroup cpu account: enabled
   Cgroup memory controller: enabled
   Cgroup cpuset: enabled
   
   --- Misc ---
   Veth pair device: enabled
   Macvlan: enabled
   Vlan: enabled
   File capabilities: enabled
   
   Note : Before booting a new kernel, you can check its configuration
   usage : CONFIG=/path/to/config /usr/bin/lxc-checkconfig

Continue with 

  * [[lxc10-networking|LXC networking]] configuration
  * [[lxc-containers|LXC containers]]