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Explain how PVE containers use LXC in the FAQ.

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| {pve} 1.x | Debian 5 (Lenny) | 2008-10 | 2012-03 | 2013-01
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LXC vs LXD vs Docker::
LXC vs LXD vs Proxmox Containers vs Docker::
LXC is a userspace interface for the Linux kernel containment
features. Through a powerful API and simple tools, it lets Linux users easily
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allows you to run a complete OS inside a container, where you log in as ssh,
add users, run apache, etc...
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Proxmox VE aims at system virtualization, and thus uses LXC as the basis of its
own container offer. LXC provides countless options, and it would be too
difficult to use LXC tools directly. Instead, we provide a small wrapper called
`pct`, the "Proxmox Container Toolkit", using LXC as a low-level library.
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Docker aims at running a *single* application running in a contained
environment. Hence you're managing a docker instance from the host with the
docker toolkit.
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NOTE: Proxmox VE aims at system virtualization, and thus uses LXC as the basis
of its own container offer. You can however perfectly install and use docker
inside a VM, and thus getting the benefit of software containerization
with the very strong isolation that VMs provide.
NOTE: You can however perfectly install and use docker inside a Proxmox Qemu
VM, and thus getting the benefit of software containerization with the very
strong isolation that VMs provide.