#!/usr/bin/env bash set -euo pipefail USER="$1" KEYFILE="$2" CONTAINER="lxc-${USER}" # pick next available IP LAST=$(grep -rh 'lxc.net.0.ipv4.address' /var/lib/lxc/*/config 2>/dev/null \ | grep -oP '10\.100\.0\.\K\d+' | sort -n | tail -1 || true) NEXT_OCTET=$(( ${LAST:-9} + 1 )) CONTAINER_IP="10.100.0.${NEXT_OCTET}" echo "Creating LXC container ${CONTAINER} (${CONTAINER_IP})..." lxc-create -n "$CONTAINER" -f /etc/lxc/default.conf -t download -- -d ubuntu -r noble -a amd64 # write resolv.conf into rootfs before boot mkdir -p "/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER}/rootfs/etc" rm -f "/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER}/rootfs/etc/resolv.conf" # remove if symlink echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > "/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER}/rootfs/etc/resolv.conf" # assign static IP via LXC config (host-side, always works) cat >> "/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER}/config" < "/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER}/rootfs/etc/resolv.conf" # disable any in-container networking that might fight us rm -f "/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER}/rootfs/etc/netplan/"*.yaml 2>/dev/null || true mkdir -p "/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER}/rootfs/etc/netplan" cat > "/var/lib/lxc/${CONTAINER}/rootfs/etc/netplan/10-lxc.yaml" < /dev/null chmod 600 /root/.ssh/authorized_keys " # create host user useradd -m -s /bin/bash -G labmates "$USER" 2>/dev/null || true mkdir -p "/home/${USER}/.ssh" cp "$KEYFILE" "/home/${USER}/.ssh/authorized_keys" chown -R "${USER}:${USER}" "/home/${USER}/.ssh" chmod 700 "/home/${USER}/.ssh" echo "$CONTAINER" > "/home/${USER}/.lxc-container" echo "Done. ${USER} SSH -> root@${CONTAINER} (${CONTAINER_IP})"