NAME

       autopkgtest-virt-lxd,  autopkgtest-virt-incus  -  autopkgtest  virtualisation server using
       LXD/Incus

SYNOPSIS

       autopkgtest [...] -- lxd [options] image [-- extra lxc launch args...]

       autopkgtest [...] -- incus [options] image [-- extra incus launch args...]

DESCRIPTION

       autopkgtest-virt-lxd provides an autopkgtest virtualisation server using LXD or Incus.  It
       creates temporary containers from the given LXD/Incus image name.

       Normally autopkgtest-virt-lxd will be invoked by autopkgtest.

REQUIREMENTS

       When  run  as  autopkgtest-virt-lxd  or  with  the --lxd option, LXD is used.  When run as
       autopkgtest-virt-incus or with the --incus option, Incus is used.

       autopkgtest-virt-lxd makes no strict assumptions about the image. However,  it  is  highly
       recommended  that  the  image has eatmydata installed, or at least that gets installed via
       setup commands.

       For   production   use,   it   is   recommended   to   use   autopkgtest-build-lxd(1)   or
       autopkgtest-build-incus(1)  to  generate  an  optimized  image with autopkgtest's standard
       setup commands applied. Then these setup commands don't need to be applied for every test.
       This  is  particularly  necessary if you want to use --apt-source tests, i. e. use apt-get
       source  in  the  test  bed  to  download  the  package  to  test.  Standard  images   from
       linuxcontainers.org do not have "deb-src" apt sources by default.

OPTIONS

       --lxd  Use LXD.  This is the default when invoked as autopkgtest-virt-lxd.

       --incus
              Use Incus.  This is the default when invoked as autopkgtest-virt-incus.

       -r remote | --remote=remote
              Run container on given remote host instead of locally. See lxc remote list or incus
              remote list for available remotes.

       --vm   Use a VM instead of a container.

       -d | --debug
              Enables debugging output.

       You can pass additional options to lxc launch or incus launch: Anything after  a  --  gets
       appended verbatim to lxc launch image or incus launch image.

INPUT, OUTPUT AND EXIT STATUS

       The   behaviour   of   autopkgtest-virt-lxd   is  as  described  by  the  AutomatedTesting
       virtualisation regime specification.

EXAMPLE

       (If using Incus rather than LXD, substitute incus for each of lxc and lxd in the following
       examples.)

       Show available images on the standard linuxcontainers.org remote image server:

              lxc image list images:

       Run  the  tests  of  a local built directory tree on the current Debian sid image from the
       above images: remote:

              autopkgtest my-package/ -- lxd images:debian/sid/amd64

       Run the tests in a local built  directory  tree  from  a  local  LXD  image  desktop/i386,
       ensuring that eatmydata is installed:

              autopkgtest --setup-commands 'apt-get install -y eatmydata' dir/to/test/ \
                -- lxd desktop/i386

       Run  the  tests of the gdk-pixbuf package on the current Debian sid image from the images:
       remote on a remote armhf host:

              lxc remote add armhf-test http://armhf.testlab.example.com:8443
              autopkgtest --setup-commands=setup-testbed gdk-pixbuf -- \
                 lxd --remote armhf-test images:debian/sid/armhf

       Build a local image with standard setup commands pre-applied from a remote standard image,
       and run gdk-pixbuf test in it:

              autopkgtest-build-lxd images:ubuntu/xenial/amd64
              autopkgtest gdk-pixbuf -- lxd autopkgtest/ubuntu/xenial/amd64

SEE ALSO

       autopkgtest(1), autopkgtest-build-lxd(1), /usr/share/doc/autopkgtest/.

AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT

       autopkgtest-virt-lxd was written by Martin Pitt <martin.pitt@ubuntu.com>.

       This  manpage  is  part  of  autopkgtest,  a  tool  for  testing  Debian  binary packages.
       autopkgtest is Copyright (C) 2006-2015 Canonical Ltd and others.

       See /usr/share/doc/autopkgtest/CREDITS for the  list  of  contributors  and  full  copying
       conditions.