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Incus 6.0 LTS has been released

34 points by stgraber 3y ago

minroot 2y ago
I thought they are using Go, they are. Seems like Go has really become an old man's language.
- justinclift 2y ago
  > an old man's language Err... what?
  - minroot 2y ago
    Wiser
justinclift 2y ago
Ooh, this looks good: Live-migration of VMs with attached disks (from remote storage) That could be really big news for Ceph users with HA requirements or desires. :)
miotosu 3y ago
Wow, amazed by the speed of development. That’s a long list of new features since the fork
anizan 2y ago
Can someone explain where this product fits v/s commercial offerings? Sorry for getting confused with virtualization nomenclature
- jejdirhrjeij 2y ago
  This is a system container / virtual machine manager. It is pretty awesome tech. Have been using it since 2014 I think... Supports zfs ... my biggest issue had been data loss on my root disk causing loss of container config... Managed to reimport everything to a new lxd install with the same zfs pool ;)
- ropyeett 2y ago
  Depends what kind of commercial offerings you're considering. If you're looking at virtualization like VMWare, Incus can run a cluster on any hardware you want with various storage and network options, letting you run your VMs and even share the cluster with different teams/people. But unlike VMWare ESXi, Incus is software you install on a normal Linux system instead of its own OS. It also doesn't come with an official web interface though there are some options for that too. It's a lot lighter weight than something complex like OpenStack or Kubernetes, it doesn't need dedicated infrastructure machines, the control plane is automatically distributed. It's more similar than a Proxmox or XCP but those feel less flexible to me. But I also haven't played with them too much recently. And of course, this is Open Source, so something like what's going on with VMWare licensing can't really happen here, but same is true for any OSS option.
  - tssva 2y ago
    > It also doesn't come with an official web interface though there are some options for that too. Before the fork LXD had added a web ui. Did Incus remove it?
    - anizan 2y ago
      There's a web ui link on bottom of introduction page https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/try-it/ https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/try-it/
    - stgraber 2y ago
      The LXD UI is a separate project from LXD, it's at https://github.com/canonical/lxd-ui https://github.com/canonical/lxd-ui It's one of the UI options you can use on top of Incus and a rebranded version of it is what we're making available as part of our online demo.
      - tssva 2y ago
        I guess the confusion was because Canonical packages it as part of their LXD snap.

34 points by stgraber 3y ago

minroot 2y ago

I thought they are using Go, they are. Seems like Go has really become an old man's language.

justinclift 2y ago
> an old man's language Err... what?
- minroot 2y ago
  Wiser

justinclift 2y ago

Ooh, this looks good: Live-migration of VMs with attached disks (from remote storage) That could be really big news for Ceph users with HA requirements or desires. :)

miotosu 3y ago

Wow, amazed by the speed of development. That’s a long list of new features since the fork

anizan 2y ago

Can someone explain where this product fits v/s commercial offerings? Sorry for getting confused with virtualization nomenclature

jejdirhrjeij 2y ago
This is a system container / virtual machine manager. It is pretty awesome tech. Have been using it since 2014 I think... Supports zfs ... my biggest issue had been data loss on my root disk causing loss of container config... Managed to reimport everything to a new lxd install with the same zfs pool ;)
ropyeett 2y ago
Depends what kind of commercial offerings you're considering. If you're looking at virtualization like VMWare, Incus can run a cluster on any hardware you want with various storage and network options, letting you run your VMs and even share the cluster with different teams/people. But unlike VMWare ESXi, Incus is software you install on a normal Linux system instead of its own OS. It also doesn't come with an official web interface though there are some options for that too. It's a lot lighter weight than something complex like OpenStack or Kubernetes, it doesn't need dedicated infrastructure machines, the control plane is automatically distributed. It's more similar than a Proxmox or XCP but those feel less flexible to me. But I also haven't played with them too much recently. And of course, this is Open Source, so something like what's going on with VMWare licensing can't really happen here, but same is true for any OSS option.
- tssva 2y ago
  > It also doesn't come with an official web interface though there are some options for that too. Before the fork LXD had added a web ui. Did Incus remove it?
  - anizan 2y ago
    There's a web ui link on bottom of introduction page https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/try-it/ https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/try-it/
  - stgraber 2y ago
    The LXD UI is a separate project from LXD, it's at https://github.com/canonical/lxd-ui https://github.com/canonical/lxd-ui It's one of the UI options you can use on top of Incus and a rebranded version of it is what we're making available as part of our online demo.
    - tssva 2y ago
      I guess the confusion was because Canonical packages it as part of their LXD snap.