LXC.REMOTE.ADD(1)

💅 lxc-remote-add — new remote servers, let's go

okay so bestie, the manual name is LXD - Command line client(1) and this page is all about lxc-remote-add, which is giving major main character energy ✨

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🌸 NAME

lxc-remote-add — add new remote servers 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS

lxc remote add []  [flags]

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💖 DESCRIPTION

Description:

Add new remote servers. That's it, that's the vibe 💅

okay but fr fr, important detail: the URL for remote resources must be HTTPS (https://). No cap. HTTP is not invited to this party 🙈

Basic authentication can be used when it's combined with the "simplestreams" protocol:

lxc remote add some-name
https://LOGIN:PASSWORD@example.com/some/path --protocol=simplestreams

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --accept-certificate[=false] — accept the certificate 🎀 (defaults to false, so you're not out here accepting random certs unless you say so)
• --auth-type="" — server authentication type (tls or oidc) 🔐
• --password="" — remote admin password 🔑
• --project="" — project to use for the remote 🗂️
• --protocol="" — server protocol (lxd or simplestreams) 🛰️
• --public[=false] — public image server 🌍
• --token="" — remote trust token 💫

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💜 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

these are the family traits, inherited and all 🧚

• --debug[=false] — show all debug messages 🐛
• --force-local[=false] — force using the local unix socket 🔌
• -h, --help[=false] — print help 🫶
• -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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🦋 SEE ALSO

lxc-remote(1) — go read that one too, iykyk 👑

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🔥 HISTORY

22-Aug-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra ⚙️

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real talk: this page was auto generated by spf13/cobra, so if something's weird, blame the generator not me 💀

and that's the whole thing, bestie! 🍓 the version on this one is from Aug 2026, source is Auto generated by spf13/cobra, and it's all filed under LXD - Command line client(1) 💖 slay, go add some remotes ✨