LXD(1)

💖 LXD — Container server(1) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the LXD page, from the LXD - Container server(1) manual 💅 this one's the daemon, the main character, the whole vibe. sit down, grab a boba 🧋, we're doing this.

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✨ NAME ✨

lxd — The LXD container manager (daemon) 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lxd [flags]

that's it. that's the whole thing. no args, just flags 🎀

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Description: The LXD container manager (daemon)

okay so this is the LXD daemon command line. lowkey the way it works is that your init system usually starts it directly, and then you talk to it through a tool like lxc. it's giving "behind the scenes legend" energy, fr fr 🦋

but here's the tea 🍓: there are a number of subcommands that let you interact directly with the local LXD daemon — ones that may not be performed through the REST API alone. so like, sometimes you gotta go straight to the source, iykyk 😌

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -d, --debug[=false] — Show all debug messages 🔍 like, all of them. every last one. not me reading debug logs at 3am 💀
• --group="" — The group of users that will be allowed to talk to LXD 🫶 (yes, the empty string is the default, she starts with nobody allowed, so set it bestie)
• -h, --help[=false] — Print help 🎀 the classic. when in doubt, ask for help, no shame in it
• --logfile="" — Path to the log file 📄 (default is empty, so like, no logfile until you say so)
• --syslog[=false] — Log to syslog 🌈 send those logs to the system one instead
• --trace=[] — Log tracing targets 🧚 (default is an empty list, add your targets)
• -v, --verbose[=false] — Show all information messages 💬 the chatty mode, she's a yapper
• --version[=false] — Print version number ⭐ gotta know which era you're in

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

go read these too, they're all iconic in their own right 👑:

• lxd-activateifneeded(1)
• lxd-cluster(1)
• lxd-import(1)
• lxd-init(1)
• lxd-recover(1)
• lxd-shutdown(1)
• lxd-version(1)
• lxd-waitready(1)

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✨ HISTORY ✨

27-Jun-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra 🦋

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ok that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 💅 remember: this was auto generated by spf13/cobra, dated Jun 2026, and it lives under LXD - Container server(1). periodt. 💖✨🎀🫶