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+# How To Setup the nc-env Virtual Machine
+
+## Introduction
+
+While it is advised to run nc-env directly in your machine, we also provide a virtual machine image
+with a pre-configured nc-env environment. 
+
+It is a Ubuntu Desktop system, that means that you have a graphical interface in it.
+
+## Pre-requisites
+
+A machine where you can run LXD daemon (Linux or macOS, as Windows only supports the LXD client), with at least 30 GB of free space.
+
+## Downloads 
+
+Download the virtual machine and the storage volume from:
+
+https://chat.x51-hserver.com/s/aajB2E9PeKSAXqR
+
+
+## Configure your host
+
+1. Install lxd. See the official [documentation](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/getting-started-cli/#installing-a-package).
+2. Initialize lxd. See the official [documentation](https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/docs/latest/howto/initialize/).
+3. Create a storage pool called `nc-env-vm-pool`.
+
+	If you have a free device or partition:
+
+	```
+	$ lxc storage create nc-env-vm-pool zfs source=/dev/<name of device> zfs.pool_name=nc-env-vm-pool
+	```
+
+	Otherwise:
+
+	```
+	$ fallocate -l 30GB nc-env-vm-pool.disk
+	## Find the first unused device
+	$ sudo losetup -f
+	/dev/loop19
+	$ sudo losetup /dev/loop19 nc-env-vm-pool.disk
+	$ lxc storage create nc-env-vm-pool zfs source=/dev/loop19 zfs.pool_name=nc-env-vm-pool
+	```
+
+4. Create the profile `prf-nc-env-vm`:
+
+	```
+	$ lxc profile create nc-env-vm-prf
+	$ lxc profile set nc-env-vm-prf boot.autostart false
+	$ lxc profile set nc-env-vm-prf limits.memory 6GiB
+	$ lxc profile set nc-env-vm-prf limits.cpu 4
+	$ lxc profile device add nc-env-vm-prf root disk path=/ size=20GB pool=nc-env-vm-pool
+	$ lxc profile device add nc-env-vm-prf eth0 nic nictype=bridged parent=lxdbr0 name=eth0
+	```
+
+5. Import the virtual machine:
+
+	```
+	$ lxc import nc-env-vm.tar.bz2
+	```
+	
+6. Import the volume called `nc-env-vm-storage` and attach it to the virtual machine
+
+	```
+	$ lxc storage volume import nc-env-vm-pool nc-env-vm-storage.tar.bz2
+	$ lxc storage volume attach nc-env-vm-pool nc-env-vm-storage nc-env-vm
+	```
+
+7. Start the virtual machine and open a graphical console into it
+
+	```
+	$ lxc start nc-env-vm
+	$ lxc console --type vga nc-env-vm
+	```
+	
+
+	
+You are now ready to create your first container-based Nextcloud environment!