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# On Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt update
sudo apt install lxd lxc

# On CentOS/RHEL
sudo yum install epel-release
sudo yum install lxc lxc-devel lxd

# On Arch Linux
sudo pacman -S lxc lxd

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# Initial system configuration
sudo lxd init

# Non-interactive initialization
sudo lxd init --auto

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# List available commands
lxc --help

# Show system information
lxc info

# List all containers
lxc list

# Show running containers
lxc list status=running

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# Create Ubuntu container
lxc launch ubuntu:22.04 my-ubuntu-container

# Create container from specific image
lxc launch images:debian/12 my-debian-container

# Create named container without starting
lxc init ubuntu:22.04 my-container

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# Start a container
lxc start my-container

# Stop a container
lxc stop my-container

# Restart a container
lxc restart my-container

# Delete a container
lxc delete my-container

# Pause a container
lxc pause my-container

# Unpause a container
lxc unpause my-container

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# List available images
lxc image list

# Retrieve remote images
lxc image list images:

# Copy an image
lxc image copy ubuntu:22.04 local:

# Delete an image
lxc image delete <image_fingerprint>

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# List profiles
lxc profile list

# Create a new profile
lxc profile create dev-profile

# Edit profile
lxc profile edit dev-profile

# Apply profile to container
lxc launch ubuntu:22.04 my-container -p dev-profile

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# Set container memory limit
lxc config set my-container limits.memory=2GB

# Set CPU cores
lxc config set my-container limits.cpu=2

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# List storage pools
lxc storage list

# Create storage pool
lxc storage create my-pool dir

# Add storage to container
lxc config device add my-container data disk source=/path/to/data path=/mnt/data

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# List networks
lxc network list

# Create bridge network
lxc network create lxdbr0 ipv4.address=10.0.8.1/24 ipv4.nat=true

# Attach network to container
lxc config device add my-container eth0 nic nictype=bridged parent=lxdbr0

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# Set CPU shares
lxc config set my-container limits.cpu.shares=2048

# Set memory and swap limits
lxc config set my-container \
    limits.memory=2GB \
    limits.memory.swap=4GB

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# Create snapshot
lxc snapshot my-container initial-setup

# List snapshots
lxc info my-container

# Restore snapshot
lxc restore my-container initial-setup

# Export container
lxc export my-container /path/to/backup.tar.gz

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# Migrate container between hosts
lxc copy my-container remote:new-container

# Cluster migration
lxc cluster migrate my-container new-cluster-node

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# Create unprivileged container
lxc launch ubuntu:22.04 unprivileged-container -c security.privileged=false

# Set container user mapping
lxc config set my-container security.idmap.base 100000

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# Bind mount host directory
lxc config device add my-container hostdata disk source=/host/path path=/container/path

# Copy files
lxc file push local_file my-container/path/to/destination
lxc file pull my-container/path/to/file local_destination

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# View container logs
lxc info my-container --show-log

# Monitor container resources
lxc monitor my-container

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# Use cloud-init with container
lxc launch ubuntu:22.04 my-container \
    -c user.user-data="$(cat cloud-config.yaml)"

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# Check LXD daemon status
systemctl status lxd

# View LXD logs
journalctl -u lxd

# Debug container
lxc exec my-container -- bash