lxd(1)

lxd - The LXD container manager (daemon)

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Description

LXD - Container server

NAME

lxd - The LXD container manager (daemon)

SYNOPSIS

lxd [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Description:
The LXD container manager (daemon)

This is the LXD daemon command line. It’s typically started directly by your
init system and interacted with through a tool like lxc.

There are however a number of subcommands that let you interact directly with
the local LXD daemon and which may not be performed through the REST API alone.

OPTIONS

-d, --debug[=false]

Show all debug messages

--group=""

The group of users that will be allowed to talk to LXD‘‘

-h, --help[=false]

Print help

--logfile=""

Path to the log file‘‘

--syslog[=false]

Log to syslog

--trace=[]

Log tracing targets‘‘

-v, --verbose[=false]

Show all information messages

--version[=false]

Print version number

SEE ALSO

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

HISTORY

11-Nov-2025 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

See Also

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