These are lightweight linux containers that run at near-native performance. They share the same kernel as the Hypervisor.
For Proxmox, these are usually the containers that run single services or programs.
Security
Due to the shared kernel, LXCs are less secure, but you can run them unprivileged to
Setup
pveam available
pveam download local <disk_archive>
- Create a new LXC container
- Select the template as the one previously created
- Afterwards, start the container and login