LibCT

Description

LibCT is a containers management library which provides convenient API for frontend programs to rule a container during its whole lifetime.

Source code

https://github.com/xemul/libct

Releases

TDB

Development status

Status	Feature
DONE	C/C++ bindings (for Parallels SDK)
DONE	Python bindings (for OpenStack)
DONE	Fine grained support for namespaces and cgroups
+/-	Extendable support for different private FS
+/-	Extendable support for different NICs
DONE	Support for external bind mounts
DONE	Ability to enter a CT
+/-	Ability to configure running CT
-	Integration with CRIU for checkpointing
-	Integration with CRIU for migration
-	Ability to operate on remote host
-	Ability to be used by non-root App
-	Ability to resurrect after sudden App crash
-	Ability to work on OpenVZ kernel (backend)
-	Ability to run libct supporting tools on older (OpenVZ) kernels (depends on above)
+/-	Integration with Docker libcontainer to give any container system implementing the ability to deploy docker packages
-	Backend for Solaris Zones and probably Virtuozzo Windows Containers

See also

• LibCT packages in various Linux distributions.
• LibCT mailing list
• Initial integration of libct into libcontainer