Date: 2023may22 OS: Linux Language: bash Q. All commands from Getting Started with LXD video A. Here are all the commands from this useful video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIwgPKkVj8s (Skipping first 8 minutes showing how to update your OS etc) Install snap in the way for your distro, eg for Fedora

dnf install snapd

List snap packages

snap list

Use snap to install lxd

snap install lxd

Add userself to group

usermod -aG lxd youruserid

Relogin

logout

List your groups groups Initialize lxd

lxd init filesystem = dir

List all local containers

lxc list

List all remote images

lxc image list images:

Search all remote images for "debian"

lxc image list images: debian

Search all remote images for "ubuntu" and "focal"

lxc image list images: ubuntu focal

Download and install ubuntu/focal names as ubuntu

lxc launch images:ubuntu/focal ubuntu

Run a command in a container - install apache2

lxc exec ubuntu -- apt install apache2

Visit its webpage

curl 10.155.2.72

Run a command in a container - ls /etc

lxc exec ubuntu -- ls /etc

Download and install debian/10 names as debian

lxc launch images:debian/10 debian

Run a command in a container - install apache2

lxc exec debian -- cat /etc/os-release

Stop container

lxc stop debian

Start container

lxc start debian

Restart container

lxc restart debian

To delete a container

lxc stop ubuntu lxc delete ubuntu

Take a snapshot

lxc snapshot debian mysnap1

Detailed info about a container

lxc info debian

Delete a snapshop

lxc delete debian/mysnap1

Restore a snapshop

lxc restore debian mysnap2

Make container start when host does

lxc config set debian boot.autostart 1

Restrict memory use

lxc config set debian limits.memory 1GB

List configuration

lxc config show debian

Wait 30 seconds before starting

lxc config set debian boot.autostart.delay 30

Set start order

lxc config set debian boot.autostart.order 8