LXC.CONFIG.SET(1)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to lxc-config-set — the lil command that sets instance or server configuration keys for LXD, the command line client. yes that's the whole job. one job. iconic. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lxc config set [:][] =... [flags]

no cap, that is literally how it's printed in the source — the angle brackets ghosted us 🫠 we're copying it verbatim because that's the rules.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Description: set instance or server configuration keys. that's it. that's the vibe check. 👑

and for backward compatibility (yes, the old ways still slay), a single configuration key may still be set with:

lxc config set [:][]

so if you're out here setting just one key the ancient way, the command still has your back. 🫶

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -p, --property[=false] — set the key as an instance property.
• --target="" — cluster member name. (and yes, the source has two rogue backticks dangling off the end of that one — `` — we are not touching them, they're part of the family now 🙈)

🔥 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🔥

these aren't even ours, we just inherited them like hand-me-downs from the parent command and honestly they eat:

• --debug[=false] — show all the debug messages. every last one. 🐛
• --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket.
• -h, --help[=false] — print help. your bestie when you're lost.
• --project="" — override the source project. (also rocking two stray backticks in the original: `` — leaving them exactly as found 💅)
• -q, --quiet[=false] — don't show progress information. shhh. 🤫
• --sub-commands[=false] — use with help or --help to view sub-commands.
• -v, --verbose[=false] — show all information messages. chatty era. 💬
• --version[=false] — print version number. know your roots. ⭐

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🦋 EXAMPLE 🦋

look at these. they ate. 😭

lxc config set [<remote>:]<instance> limits.cpu=2
    Will set a CPU limit of "2" for the instance.

lxc config set core.https_address=[::]:8443
    Will have LXD listen on IPv4 and IPv6 port 8443.

lxc config set core.trust_password=blah
    Will set the server's trust password to blah.

so like: CPU cap of "2" on an instance? done. LXD listening on IPv4 and IPv6 port 8443? slay. server trust password set to blah? okay security queen, whatever you say. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• lxc-config(1) — go read the parent, it's giving main character energy 🧚

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💜 HISTORY 💜

22-Aug-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra. not a human, not a vibe, just a generator doing its thing. 💀

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and that's the whole page bestie — auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Aug 2026, and it lives inside LXD - Command line client(1). go set some keys, you absolute icon. periodt. 💅✨