pimox7/docs/CT-Configuration.md

Starting a CT

Video showing CT and VM configuration: PiMox7 - RPi4 - arm64 CT & VM Basic Configuration.

Download CT Image

1. Follow the link below to download the CT image
   1. Access the following link in your browser.
   • https://uk.lxd.images.canonical.com/images/
   2. Dig deeper into the links, focusing on OS distributions and versions, and CPU architectures. And Select arm64 as the architecture.
   • For example, an Oracle Linux image file might look like this
   • https://uk.lxd.images.canonical.com/images/oracle/7/amd64/default/20220601_07:46/rootfs.tar.xz
   3. Rename and store the downloaded files in the LXC folder.
   • For example, the following can be executed with the CLI command
   • wget -O /var/lib/vz/template/cache/oracle-linux-7.tar.xz https://uk.lxd.images.canonical.com/images/oracle/7/amd64/default/20220601_07:46/rootfs.tar.xz
   • For example, Web-UI
   • CT template
     1. Click 'Download from Link'
     2. Set URL to 'https://uk.lxd.images.canonical.com/images/oracle/7/amd64/default/20220601_07:46/rootfs.tar.xz'
     3. Set File Name to 'oracle-linux-7.tar.xz'

Make CT using Web-UI:

2. Click 'Create CT' in upper right

Under 'General'

• Set 'Hostname'
• Set 'Password'
• Set 'Confirm password'

Under 'Template'

• Set 'Template' to the file name from the previous step

Under 'Network'

• Set 'IPv4' to Select Static or DHCP
• If you select Static, Set 'IPv4/CIDR' and Gateway
• Set 'IPv6' to Select Static or DHCP or SLAAC
• If you select Static, Set 'IPv6/CIDR' and Gateway