LXC.PROFILE.DEVICE.ADD(1)

🎀 lxc-profile-device-add 🎀

From the LXD - Command line client(1) manual, bestie. Let’s get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

lxc-profile-device-add — Add instance devices.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lxc profile device add [:]   [key=value...] [flags]

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The description is literally this, no cap:

Add instance devices

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

These cuties come inherited from the parent commands, so don’t forget them:

• --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

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🌸 EXAMPLE 🌸

1. This one:

lxc profile device add [<remote>:]profile1 <device-name> disk source=/share/c1 path=/opt

Will mount the host's /share/c1 onto /opt in the instance.

2. And this iconic one:

lxc profile device add [<remote>:]profile1 <device-name> disk pool=some-pool source=some-volume path=/opt

Will mount the some-volume volume on some-pool onto /opt in the instance.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• lxc-profile-device(1)

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🧚 HISTORY 🧚

22-Aug-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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Signed, sealed, auto-generated: Auto generated by spf13/cobra · Aug 2026 · LXD - Command line client(1) 💖✨