lxd (1)

NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Commands:

activateifneeded

Check if LXD should be started (at boot) and if so, spawns it through socket activation

daemon [--group=lxd] (default command)

Start the main LXD daemon

init [--auto] [--network-address=IP] [--network-port=8443] [--storage-backend=dir]

[--storage-create-device=DEVICE] [--storage-create-loop=SIZE] [--storage-pool=POOL] [--trust-password=]

Setup storage and networking

ready

Tells LXD that any setup-mode configuration has been done and that it can start containers.

shutdown [--timeout=60]

Perform a clean shutdown of LXD and all running containers

waitready [--timeout=15]

Wait until LXD is ready to handle requests

Common options:

--debug

Enable debug mode

--help

Print this help message

--logfile FILE

Logfile to log to (e.g., ,/var/log/lxd/lxd.log/)

--syslog

Enable syslog logging

--verbose

Enable verbose mode

--version

Print LXD's version number and exit

Daemon options:

--group GROUP

Group which owns the shared socket

Daemon debug options:

--cpuprofile FILE

Enable cpu profiling into the specified file

--memprofile FILE

Enable memory profiling into the specified file

--print-goroutines-every SECONDS

For debugging, print a complete stack trace every n seconds

Init options:

--auto

Automatic (non-interactive) mode

Init options for non-interactive mode (--auto):

--network-address ADDRESS

Address to bind LXD to (default: none)

--network-port PORT

Port to bind LXD to (default: 8443)

--storage-backend NAME

Storage backend to use (zfs or dir, default: dir)

--storage-create-device DEVICE

Setup device based storage using DEVICE

--storage-create-loop SIZE

Setup loop based storage with SIZE in GB

--storage-pool NAME

Storage pool to use or create

--trust-password PASSWORD

Password required to add new clients

Shutdown options:

--timeout SECONDS

How long to wait before failing

Waitready options:

--timeout SECONDS

How long to wait before failing

Internal commands (don't call these directly):

forkexec

Execute a command in a container

forkgetnet

Get container network information

forkgetfile

Grab a file from a running container

forkmigrate

Restore a container after migration

forkputfile

Push a file to a running container

forkstart

Start a container

callhook

Call a container hook

migratedumpsuccess

Indicate that a migration dump was successful

netcat

Mirror a unix socket to stdin/stdout