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LXD

LXD is a modern, secure and powerful system container and virtual machine manager.

It provides a unified experience for running and managing full Linux systems inside containers or virtual machines. LXD supports images for a large number of Linux distributions (official Ubuntu images and images provided by the community) and is built around a very powerful, yet pretty simple, REST API. LXD scales from one instance on a single machine to a cluster in a full data center rack, making it suitable for running workloads both for development and in production.

LXD allows you to easily set up a system that feels like a small private cloud. You can run any type of workload in an efficient way while keeping your resources optimized.

You should consider using LXD if you want to containerize different environments or run virtual machines, or in general run and manage your infrastructure in a cost-effective way.

Get started

See Getting started in the LXD documentation for installation instructions and first steps.

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Installing LXD from packages

The LXD daemon only works on Linux but the client tool (lxc) is available on most platforms.

OS Format Command
Linux Snap snap install lxd
Windows Chocolatey choco install lxc
macOS Homebrew brew install lxc

For more instructions on installing LXD for a wide variety of Linux distributions and operating systems, and to install LXD from source, see How to install LXD in the documentation.

Security

Consider the following aspects to ensure that your LXD installation is secure:

  • Keep your operating system up-to-date and install all available security patches.
  • Use only supported LXD versions (LTS releases or monthly feature releases).
  • Restrict access to the LXD daemon and the remote API.
  • Do not use privileged containers unless required. If you use privileged containers, put appropriate security measures in place. See the LXC security page for more information.
  • Configure your network interfaces to be secure.

See Security for detailed information.

IMPORTANT:

Local access to LXD through the Unix socket always grants full access to LXD. This includes the ability to attach file system paths or devices to any instance as well as tweak the security features on any instance.

Therefore, you should only give such access to users who you'd trust with root access to your system.

Support and community

The following channels are available for you to interact with the LXD community.

Bug reports

You can file bug reports and feature requests at: https://github.com/canonical/lxd/issues/new

Forum

A discussion forum is available at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/lxd/

IRC

If you prefer live discussions, you can find us in #lxd on irc.libera.chat. See Getting started with IRC if needed.

Commercial support

Commercial support for LXD can be obtained through Canonical Ltd.

Documentation

The official documentation is available at: https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/en/latest/

You can find additional resources on the website, on YouTube and in the Tutorials section in the forum.

Contributing

Fixes and new features are greatly appreciated. Make sure to read our contributing guidelines first!

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