For a similar but non LXC version of the same idea check out http://www.pgbovine.net/cde.html http://www.pgbovine.net/cde.html Basically it records all the dep

For a similar but non LXC version of the same idea check out http://www.pgbovine.net/cde.html http://www.pgbovine.net/cde.html Basically it records all the dependencies an application touches while running and creates an environment you can tar up and use on basically any system of the same arch. It even works cross distro. Wouldn't really work for 'the cloud' as you don't get the same security and isolation as LXC and you have to make sure all the execution paths are triggered but for a lot of apps it works great and it's ridiculously easy to use with no setup.