====== LXC Debian Bullseye ======

This document shows how to install LXC environment and start first container with **Debian 11 Bullseye**.

===== 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
  LXC version 4.0.6
  Kernel configuration not found at /proc/config.gz; searching...
  Kernel configuration found at /boot/config-5.10.0-12-amd64
  --- Namespaces ---
  Namespaces: enabled
  Utsname namespace: enabled
  Ipc namespace: enabled
  Pid namespace: enabled
  User namespace: enabled
  Network namespace: enabled
  
  --- Control groups ---
  Cgroups: enabled
  
  Cgroup v1 mount points:
  
  
  Cgroup v2 mount points:
  /sys/fs/cgroup
  
  Cgroup v1 systemd controller: missing
  Cgroup v1 freezer controller: missing
  Cgroup namespace: required
  Cgroup device: enabled
  Cgroup sched: enabled
  Cgroup cpu account: enabled
  Cgroup memory controller: enabled
  Cgroup cpuset: enabled
  
  --- Misc ---
  Veth pair device: enabled, not loaded
  Macvlan: enabled, not loaded
  Vlan: enabled, not loaded
  Bridges: enabled, loaded
  Advanced netfilter: enabled, loaded
  CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV4: missing
  CONFIG_NF_NAT_IPV6: missing
  CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE: enabled, not loaded
  CONFIG_IP6_NF_TARGET_MASQUERADE: enabled, not loaded
  CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CHECKSUM: enabled, loaded
  CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT: enabled, not loaded
  FUSE (for use with lxcfs): enabled, loaded
  
  --- Checkpoint/Restore ---
  checkpoint restore: enabled
  CONFIG_FHANDLE: enabled
  CONFIG_EVENTFD: enabled
  CONFIG_EPOLL: enabled
  CONFIG_UNIX_DIAG: enabled
  CONFIG_INET_DIAG: enabled
  CONFIG_PACKET_DIAG: enabled
  CONFIG_NETLINK_DIAG: enabled
  File capabilities:
  
  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]]