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LXC Best Practice
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Container Name
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* always use FQDNs as container names, otherwise you can't drop the capability for setting the hostname.

Directories
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* move /var/lib/lxc to /srv/lxc/containers (lxc-stuff does that through a debconf question already).

Container Data
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* move all container data to /srv/lxc/data/$FQDN and mount /srv/lxc/data/$FQDN to /srv/$FQDN within the container.

LXC Stuff
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Some additional scripts are included in the LXC packages:

* lxc: a convenience wrapper for lxc which allows using commands in the more convenient form of 'lxc COMMAND CONTAINER' rather than 'lxc-COMMAND -n CONTAINER'.
* lxc-list: lists all containers with status (running/stopped, with information about auto start).
* lxc-backup/lxc-restore: simple rootfs backup and restore scripts usefull when prototyping.

Bugs
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* Using two bridges with lxc on a kernel version before 2.6.36 results in a kernel panic. With kernel versions prior 2.6.36, either use only one bridge or upgrade your kernel.
* Google Chrome and Chromium browsers require the suid bit for sandboxing (see `Issues 31077 <http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=31077>`_ for more information). As a workaround the --no-sandbox parameter can be used.