NAME

       lxd - The container hypervisor - daemon

SYNOPSIS

       lxd [command] [options]

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=] [--preseed]

              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

              import <container name> [--force]

              Import a pre-existing container from storage

   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 (btrfs, dir, lvm or zfs, 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