**Tested using LXC version 6 on Slackware-current (15.1)** Enable Network Bridge echo USE_LXC_BRIDGE=\"true\" > /etc/default/lxc-net Container Creation mkdir /root/lxc-conf echo lxc.net.0.type=\"veth\" > /root/lxc-conf/slack-test.conf echo lxc.net.0.flags=\"up\" >> /root/lxc-conf/slack-test.conf echo lxc.net.0.link=\"lxcbr0\" >> /root/lxc-conf/slack-test.conf Build the VM (for slackware-current) MIRROR=http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/slackware lxc-create -n slack-test \ -t slackware -f /root/lxc-conf/slack-test.conf Build the vm (for slackware-15.0) release=15.0 MIRROR=http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/slackware lxc-create -n slack-test \ -t slackware -f /root/lxc-conf/slack-test.conf Start the service /usr/libexec/lxc/lxc-net start Start the vm lxc-start -n slack-test Access the console lxc-console -n slack-test Enable network (DHCP) vim /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf We updated the USE_DHCP[0] field to say "yes" and saved the file. lxc-stop -n slack-test lxc-start -n slack-test Check if IP address assigned successfully lxc-ls --fancy NAME STATE AUTOSTART GROUPS IPV4 IPV6 UNPRIVILEGED slack-test RUNNING 0 - 10.0.3.171 - false Access the vm lxc-console slack-test If use Slackware-15 as vm you should install gnupg slackpkg -checkgpg=off install gnupg Make sure slackpkg working as expected. slackpkg update gpg slackpkg update