This repository contains the backend code of the Incus online demo service.
https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/try-it
Simply put, it's a small Go daemon exposing a REST API that users (mostly our javascript client) can interact with to create temporary test instances and attach to that instance's console.
Those instances come with a bunch of resource limitations and an expiry, when the instance expires, it's automatically deleted.
The main client can be found at the URL above, with its source available here:
https://github.com/lxc/linuxcontainers.org
The server needs to be able to talk to an Incus daemon over the local unix socket or a remote HTTPS connection, so you need to have a Incus daemon installed and functional before using this server.
Other than that, you can build the daemon with:
go install github.com/lxc/incus-demo-server/cmd/incus-demo-server@latest
To run your own, you should start by copying the example configuration file "config.yaml.example" to "config.yaml", then update its content according to your environment.
You will either need an instance to copy for every request or an instance image to use, set that up and set the appropriate configuration key.
Once done, simply run the daemon with:
./incus-demo-server
The daemon isn't verbose at all, in fact it will only log critical Incus errors.
You can test things with:
curl http://localhost:8080/1.0
curl http://localhost:8080/1.0/terms
The server monitors the current directory for changes to its configuration file. It will automatically reload the configuration after it's changed.
Bug reports can be filed at https://github.com/lxc/incus-demo-server/issues/new
Fixes and new features are greatly appreciated but please read our contributing guidelines first.
Contributions to this project should be sent as pull requests on github.
We use the LXC mailing-lists for developer and user discussions, you can find and subscribe to those at: https://lists.linuxcontainers.org
If you prefer live discussions, some of us also hang out in #lxc on libera.chat.