LXD – next generation system container manager release 4.3
&gt; Now with virtual machines being supported by LXD, we found ourselves needing to support attaching both our traditional filesystem backed volumes to virtual machines (which has been possible for a while and uses 9p) as well as allowing for additional raw disks to be attached to virtual machines.<p>Didn&#x27;t know virtual machine support was offered by LXD -- I haven&#x27;t had much time to actually play with LXD but sure hope it gets more coverage in the future. It&#x27;s like the alternate more stable (and feature-ful in some rights since they&#x27;ve had rootless containers longer) kubernetes that no one&#x27;s ever heard of that&#x27;s been around just as long if not longer.<p>For those who want more introduction to the ecosystem -- <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;linuxcontainers.org" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;linuxcontainers.org</a><p>A short primer -- LXD is the &quot;kubernetes&quot; part, LXC is the &quot;containerd&quot;&#x2F;&quot;docker&quot; part. LXD is far more &quot;batteries-included&quot; than LXD and runs &quot;system containers&quot; (user namespace-mapped containers that offer better security) easily.