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.

Linux Programmer's Manual                             2013                               autopkgtest-virt-lxd(1)