LXC.INIT(1)

💖 lxc-init 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the page from the LXD - Command line client(1) manual — it's all about lxc-init, and it's giving “Create instances from images” main character energy ✨. here's the whole thing, no cap 🫶.

🎀 NAME 🎀

lxc-init — Create instances from images

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lxc init [:] [:][] [flags]

yes bestie, that synopsis is literally that — copy it exact, don't come for me 💅.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Description: Create instances from images — that's the whole vibe of this command, fr fr.

✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -c, --config=[] — config key/value to apply to the new instance 💖
• -d, --device=[] — new key/value to apply to a specific device 🎀
• --empty[=false] — create an empty instance ✨
• -e, --ephemeral[=false] — ephemeral instance 🦋
• -n, --network="" — network name 🌐
• --no-profiles[=false] — create the instance with no profiles applied 💅
• -p, --profile=[] — profile to apply to the new instance 🎀
• -s, --storage="" — storage pool name 💾
• --target="" — cluster member name 👑
• --target-project="" — project to create the instance in (if different from --project) 🫶
• -t, --type="" — instance type ⭐
• --vm[=false] — create a virtual machine 🔥

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

• --debug[=false] — show all debug messages 🐛
• --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket 🔌
• -h, --help[=false] — print help 🙋
• --project="" — override the source project 📁
• -q, --quiet[=false] — don't show progress information 🤫
• --sub-commands[=false] — use with help or --help to view sub-commands 🧚
• -v, --verbose[=false] — show all information messages 📣
• --version[=false] — print version number 🏷️

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

okay, examples time — these are the exact commands, bestie:

lxc init ubuntu:24.04 u1

Create a container (but do not start it) 💖

lxc init ubuntu:24.04 u1 < config.yaml

Create a container with configuration from config.yaml 🎀

lxc init ubuntu:24.04 v1 --vm -c limits.cpu=4 -c limits.memory=4GiB

Create a virtual machine with 4 vCPUs and 4GiB of RAM 🔥

lxc init ubuntu:24.04 v1 --vm -c limits.cpu=2 -c limits.memory=8GiB -d root,size=32GiB

Create a virtual machine with 2 vCPUs, 8GiB of RAM and a root disk of 32GiB 💾

⚠️ note bestie: The --project flag sets the project for both the image remote and the instance remote. If the image remote is a public remote (e.g. simplestreams) then this project is ignored by the image remote. If the image remote is another LXD server, specify the source project for the image remote with --project and the instance remote with --target-project (if different from --project).

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

lxc(1) — go check it out, bestie 👑.

🌟 HISTORY 🌟

22-Aug-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

mwah 💖 source/version: Auto generated by spf13/cobra; date: Aug 2026; and yes, it's the LXD - Command line client(1) manual. byeee 🫶