LXC.LAUNCH(1)

💅 lxc-launch 💅

okay bestie, welcome to LXD - Command line client(1) — this is the lxc-launch page and honestly it's giving "short but powerful." it's the command that spins up a whole new instance from an image and starts it in one go, no notes. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

lxc-launch — create and start instances from images. that's it, that's the whole personality. 🌸

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lxc launch [:] [:][] [flags]

lowkey mysterious with all those brackets but bestie, it's just the command plus your image and instance name plus however many flags you feel like. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

for real, the description in the original says it twice, so i'm saying it twice too (iconic behavior honestly):

Description:

Create and start instances from images

you point it at an image, you give the new instance a name, it gets built and booted. main character energy from start to finish. 👑

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💖 OPTIONS 💖

okay this is the good part, let's get into it:

• -c, --config=[] — config key/value to apply to the new instance. you can stack these, one -c per setting, and it just keeps adding. 🎀
• --console[=""] — immediately attach to the console. no waiting, you're in the vibes right away. 🖥️
• -d, --device=[] — new key/value to apply to a specific device. also stackable, also slay. 🔧
• --empty[=false] — create an empty instance. no image, just vibes. 🫥
• -e, --ephemeral[=false] — ephemeral instance, iykyk. 💨
• -n, --network="" — network name. 🌐
• --no-profiles[=false] — create the instance with no profiles applied. zero profiles, zero baggage. 🙅‍♀️
• -p, --profile=[] — profile to apply to the new instance. stackable like the others. 📋
• -s, --storage="" — storage pool name. 💾
• --target="" — cluster member name. 📍
• --target-project="" — project to create the instance in (if different from --project). yes, it's a whole separate thing from the inherited --project, stay with me. 🗂️
• -t, --type="" — instance type. 🏷️
• --vm[=false] — create a virtual machine. it's giving vm era. 🖥️✨

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these come from the parent lxc command, so they're not even launch's fault but they show up anyway. nepo babies fr fr. 👑

• --debug[=false] — show all debug messages. every single one. 🐛
• --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket. 🔌
• -h, --help[=false] — print help. the classic. 🆘
• --project="" — override the source project. 🗂️
• -q, --quiet[=false] — don't show progress information. peace and quiet, we love her. 🤫
• --sub-commands[=false] — use with help or --help to view sub-commands. 🪜
• -v, --verbose[=false] — show all information messages. the loud version. 📢
• --version[=false] — print version number. 🔢

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🔥 EXAMPLE 🔥

okay these are literally the best part, copy-paste away bestie:

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 u1

create and start a container. the classic starter pack. 🧚

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 u1 < config.yaml

create and start a container with configuration from config.yaml. shoving the config straight in via stdin, we love a shortcut. 🍓

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 u2 -t aws:t2.micro

create and start a container using the same size as an AWS t2.micro (1 vCPU, 1GiB of RAM). matching the cloud sizes, no cap. ☁️

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

create and start a virtual machine with 4 vCPUs and 4GiB of RAM. beast mode. 💪

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

create and start a virtual machine with 2 vCPUs, 8GiB of RAM and a root disk of 32GiB. specify the disk with -d, that's the whole trick. 🎀

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• lxc(1) — the mothership. go read it, she has lore. 👑

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🧚 HISTORY 🧚

22-Aug-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra. not me being auto generated by spf13/cobra 😭 that's just how it is.

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