--- title: 'LXD Weekly Status #22' description: Introduction Another pretty quiet week for LXD as we keep working on a number of larger features that aren’t ready to land yet. Now that the Ubuntu 18.04 development release is open for contributions, we’re pushing LXD 2.19, LXC 2.1.1 and LXCFS 2.0.8 there which will then trickle down to our various PPAs, stable Ubuntu […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/lxd-weekly-status-22?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Stéphane Graber](https://canonical.com/blog/author/stgraber "More about Stéphane Graber") 6 November 2017 # LXD Weekly Status #22 [18.04](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/18-04) [Bionic Beaver](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/bionic-beaver) [containers](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/containers) [FOSDEM](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/fosdem) [LXD](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/lxd) [machine containers](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/machine-containers) --- Share the article ## Introduction Another pretty quiet week for LXD as we keep working on a number of larger features that aren’t ready to land yet. Now that the Ubuntu 18.04 development release is open for contributions, we’re pushing LXD 2.19, LXC 2.1.1 and LXCFS 2.0.8 there which will then trickle down to our various PPAs, stable Ubuntu releases and backports. [@brauner](https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/u/brauner) was also busy talking about LXD and system containers in St Petersburg, Russia! ## Upcoming conferences and events * FOSDEM 2018 (Brussels, February 2018) ## Ongoing projects The list below is feature or refactoring work which will span several weeks/months and can’t be tied directly to a single Github issue or pull request. * [Console attach in LXD](https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/1129) * [Distributed database for LXD clustering](https://github.com/lxc/lxd/pull/3802) * Stable release work for LXC, LXCFS and LXD. ## Upstream changes The items listed below are highlights of the work which happened upstream over the past week and which will be included in the next release. ### LXD * Fixed the [testsuite to not use godeps anymore](https://github.com/lxc/lxd/pull/3998). * Changed the [liblxc version detection code to not require rebuilding](https://github.com/lxc/lxd/pull/3988). ### LXC * Fixed [no-new-privs defines on older systems](https://github.com/lxc/lxc/pull/1901). * Fixed building on [toolchains that lack prlimit support](https://github.com/lxc/lxc/pull/1896). * Added support for [sharing namespaces between containers](https://github.com/lxc/lxc/pull/1884). ### LXCFS * Nothing to report this week ## Distribution work This section is used to track the work done in downstream Linux distributions to ship the latest LXC, LXD and LXCFS as well as work to get various software to work properly inside containers. ### Ubuntu * Uploaded LXD 2.19-0ubuntu1 to the 18.04 development release. * Uploaded LXCFS 2.0.8 to Ubuntu 16.04, 17.04, 17.10 and 18.04. * Uploaded LXC 2.2.1-0ubuntu1 to the 18.04 development release. ### Snap * No change to be reported this week. ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Ubuntu Server: a platform made for enterprise scale](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-server-a-platform-made-for-enterprise-scale) A platform is an environment that allows software to run smoothly across the infrastructure, runtime, and application layers. The key word there is “smoothly”: a good platform... [Rhys Knipe](https://canonical.com/blog/author/rhysknipe) 7 July 2026 [### Canonical partners with Snyk for scanning chiseled Ubuntu containers](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-partners-with-snyk-for-scanning-chiseled-ubuntu-containers) Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, is pleased to announce a new partnership with developer-focused cybersecurity company Snyk. Snyk Container, Snyk’s container security... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 20 March 2026 [### Introducing MicroCloud Cluster Manager](https://canonical.com/blog/introducing-microcloud-cluster-manager) Canonical introduces the beta release of MicroCloud Cluster Manager, a new way to discover, organize, and operate your MicroCloud environments from a single, unified interface. [Miona Aleksic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/mionaalex) 20 March 2026 [### Native integration available between Canonical LXD and HPE Alletra MP B10000](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical_lxd_hpe_alletra) Native integration available between Canonical LXD and HPE Alletra MP B10000. The integration combines efficient open source virtualization with high performance,... [Miona Aleksic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/mionaalex) 15 December 2025