# LXD

> This is the documentation for LXD, a system container and virtual machine manager.


2014-2026 AGPL-3.0, LXD contributors

## Pages in this subsection

- [`lxc config`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/index.html.md): Manage instance and server configuration options
- [`lxc config device`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/device/index.html.md): Manage devices
- [`lxc config device add`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/device/add/index.html.md): Add instance devices
- [`lxc config device get`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/device/get/index.html.md): Get values for device configuration keys
- [`lxc config device list`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/device/list/index.html.md): List instance devices
- [`lxc config device override`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/device/override/index.html.md): Copy profile inherited devices and override configuration keys
- [`lxc config device remove`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/device/remove/index.html.md): Remove instance devices
- [`lxc config device set`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/device/set/index.html.md): Set device configuration keys
- [`lxc config device show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/device/show/index.html.md): Show full device configuration
- [`lxc config device unset`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/device/unset/index.html.md): Unset device configuration keys
- [`lxc config edit`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/edit/index.html.md): Edit instance or server configurations as YAML
- [`lxc config get`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/get/index.html.md): Get values for instance or server configuration keys
- [`lxc config metadata`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/metadata/index.html.md): Manage instance metadata files
- [`lxc config metadata edit`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/metadata/edit/index.html.md): Edit instance metadata files
- [`lxc config metadata show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/metadata/show/index.html.md): Show instance metadata files
- [`lxc config set`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/set/index.html.md): Set instance or server configuration keys
- [`lxc config show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/show/index.html.md): Show instance or server configurations
- [`lxc config template`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/template/index.html.md): Manage instance file templates
- [`lxc config template create`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/template/create/index.html.md): Create new instance file templates
- [`lxc config template delete`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/template/delete/index.html.md): Delete instance file templates
- [`lxc config template edit`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/template/edit/index.html.md): Edit instance file templates
- [`lxc config template list`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/template/list/index.html.md): List instance file templates
- [`lxc config template show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/template/show/index.html.md): Show content of instance file templates
- [`lxc config trust`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/trust/index.html.md): Manage trusted clients
- [`lxc config trust add`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/trust/add/index.html.md): Add new trusted client
- [`lxc config trust edit`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/trust/edit/index.html.md): Edit trust configurations as YAML
- [`lxc config trust list`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/trust/list/index.html.md): List trusted clients
- [`lxc config trust list-tokens`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/trust/list-tokens/index.html.md): List all active certificate add tokens
- [`lxc config trust remove`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/trust/remove/index.html.md): Remove trusted client
- [`lxc config trust revoke-token`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/trust/revoke-token/index.html.md): Revoke certificate add token
- [`lxc config trust show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/trust/show/index.html.md): Show trust configurations
- [`lxc config uefi`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/uefi/index.html.md): Manage instance UEFI variables
- [`lxc config uefi edit`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/uefi/edit/index.html.md): Edit instance UEFI variables
- [`lxc config uefi get`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/uefi/get/index.html.md): Get UEFI variables for instance
- [`lxc config uefi set`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/uefi/set/index.html.md): Set UEFI variables for instance
- [`lxc config uefi show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/uefi/show/index.html.md): Show instance UEFI variables
- [`lxc config uefi unset`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/uefi/unset/index.html.md): Unset UEFI variables for instance
- [`lxc config unset`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/config/unset/index.html.md): Unset instance or server configuration keys

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.