--- title: An nova-compute-lxd update description: 'For the past couple of months, we have been working hard on adding new features to nova-compute-lxd (nclxd). The new features that have been added go beyond starting and stopping containers, to make it more useful for day to day use. An example is container migration: The above video shows a container migrating between two […]' url: https://ubuntu.com/blog/an-nova-compute-lxd-update --- 1. [Blog](https://ubuntu.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Guest](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/guest "More about Guest") 26 October 2015 # An nova-compute-lxd update [LXD](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/lxd) [nova](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/nova) [OpenStack](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/openstack) [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/ubuntu) --- Share the article For the past couple of months, we have been working hard on adding new features to nova-compute-lxd (nclxd). The new features that have been added go beyond starting and stopping containers, to make it more useful for day to day use. An example is container migration: [](http://people.canonical.com/~chucks/out-1.ogv) The above video shows a container migrating between two nova-compute nodes. This feature is still very alpha, and the was deployed via the juju charm that we have. The environment is the following: * nova-compute-lxd 0.18 * Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (15.10) * OpenStack Liberty * LXD 0.20 In the coming days I will be posting more content on how you can get yourself running nclxd with OpenStack. [View original article](https://zulcss.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/an-nova-compute-lxd-upate/) ### About the author Chuck Short is a software engineer at Canonical. Originally from Vancouver but based in Ottawa, Chuck’s mission is to make sure OpenStack is a first class experience for both the X86 world and ARM world. You can follow his blog at [zulcss.wordpress.com](https://zulcss.wordpress.com/) ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Ubuntu news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. In submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Notice](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy/contact) and [Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### What’s new in security for Ubuntu 26.10?](https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-26-10-security) Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” arrives at a time when AI tools are accelerating vulnerability discovery. Patching faster is essential, but the resilience of the underlying... [Ijlal Loutfi](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/ijlal-loutfi) 6 October 2026 [### Surviving the uncharted: when dedicated OpenStack expertise is your best ally in disaster recovery](https://ubuntu.com/blog/support-restores-openstack) A customer’s OpenStack control plane went down overnight after their only backup proved stale. Canonical support rebuilt the database cluster live, service by service, without... [Lidia Luna Puerta](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/lidia-luna) 1 September 2026 [### Arduino® VENTUNO™ Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed](https://ubuntu.com/blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed) London, UK – August 25, 2026 – Following our initial collaboration announcement in March 2026, Canonical and Arduino (a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) are excited... [Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical) 25 August 2026 [### Ubuntu Server: a platform made for enterprise scale](https://ubuntu.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://ubuntu.com/blog/author/rhysknipe) 7 July 2026