Installing LXD

LXC/LXD Container Mastery

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Installing LXD

Install and initialize LXD on Ubuntu.

Installing LXD

Install via Snap (Recommended)

# Install LXD
sudo snap install lxd

# Add your user to the lxd group
sudo usermod -aG lxd $USER
newgrp lxd

# Initialize LXD
lxd init

Initialization Options

The lxd init wizard will ask:

  • Clustering - No for single-node, Yes for HA
  • Storage backend - ZFS, BTRFS, or dir
  • Storage pool size - Default or specify size
  • Network - Create managed bridge (lxdbr0)
  • Remote access - For remote management

Quick Start (Non-Interactive)

lxd init --auto