LxDev

Automagic dev environment using LXD

TODO

• Automatic creation of sudoers file
• YAML config with container name, forwarded ports, mapped folders etc
• Create user within container
• Insertion of developer's ssh key in container
• Some support for automatic provisioning
• 'status' command
• Create a gem

Architectural decisions

• Simple commandline based interface like vagrant
• Use existing tools as far as possible (ssh-add -L for keys, redir for port forwarding, and of course LXD)
• Use lxc commands with --format=json for ease of processing

Nice to have

• Take advantage of snapshots if possible
• Support for distros other than Ubuntu

Building gem

gem build lxdev.gemspec
gem install lxdev-0.1.0.gem

Config examples

Fedora 27 with provisioned ssh server

box:
  name: fedorawithssh
  user: huba
  image: images:fedora/27
  folders:
    ".": "/home/huba/lxdev"
  provisioning:
    - dnf install -y openssh-server
    - systemctl enable sshd.service
    - systemctl start sshd.service

"Vagrant clone" Ubuntu 16.04 with puppet manifest

box:
  name: huba
  user: vagrant
  image: ubuntu:xenial
  ports:
    3000: 3000
  folders:
    ".": "/home/vagrant/lxdev"
  provisioning:
    - dpkg -l | grep -q puppet || (apt-get update && apt-get install -y puppet)
    - mkdir -p /tmp/vagrant-puppet && rsync -rtv /home/vagrant/lxdev/manifests /tmp/vagrant-puppet/
    - puppet apply /tmp/vagrant-puppet/manifests/lxdev.pp