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This is a guide on setting up LXC Web Panel to manage Linux Containers on Arch Linux.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Make sure the system is up to date:
  

  sudo pacman -Syu
  

• Make sure that LXC is installed

Install LXC Web Panel¶

• Install a couple dependencies:
  

  sudo pacman -S python2 python2-pip
  

• Clone the LXC Web Panel repository:
  

  cd /usr/local
  git clone https://github.com/lxc-webpanel/LXC-Web-Panel.git
  cd LXC-Web-Panel
  

• Install Flask
  

  sudo pip2 install flask==0.9
  

• Run LXC Web Panel
  

  python2 lwp.py
  

• Connect you on http://lxcpanel.example.com:5000/
  • Login with user admin and password admin

Systemd Service¶

• Create the lxc-webpanel service file:
  

  sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/lxc-webpanel.service
  

  • And add the following:
    

    [Unit]
    Description=LXC Web Panel
    
    [Service]
    WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/LXC-Web-Panel
    ExecStart=/usr/bin/python2 /usr/local/LXC-Web-Panel/lwp.py
    
    [Install]
    WantedBy=multi-user.target
    

• Reload the systemd daemon and start the lxc-webpanel service:
  

  sudo systemctl daemon-reload
  sudo systemctl start lxc-webpanel
  

Resources¶

• https://github.com/lxc-webpanel/LXC-Web-Panel
• https://lxc-webpanel.github.io/install.html