# 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 profile`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/index.html.md): Manage profiles
- [`lxc profile add`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/add/index.html.md): Add profiles to instances
- [`lxc profile assign`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/assign/index.html.md): Assign sets of profiles to instances
- [`lxc profile copy`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/copy/index.html.md): Copy profiles
- [`lxc profile create`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/create/index.html.md): Create profiles
- [`lxc profile delete`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/delete/index.html.md): Delete profiles
- [`lxc profile device`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/device/index.html.md): Manage devices
- [`lxc profile device add`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/device/add/index.html.md): Add instance devices
- [`lxc profile device get`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/device/get/index.html.md): Get values for device configuration keys
- [`lxc profile device list`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/device/list/index.html.md): List instance devices
- [`lxc profile device remove`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/device/remove/index.html.md): Remove instance devices
- [`lxc profile device set`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/device/set/index.html.md): Set device configuration keys
- [`lxc profile device show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/device/show/index.html.md): Show full device configuration
- [`lxc profile device unset`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/device/unset/index.html.md): Unset device configuration keys
- [`lxc profile edit`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/edit/index.html.md): Edit profile configurations as YAML
- [`lxc profile get`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/get/index.html.md): Get values for profile configuration keys
- [`lxc profile list`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/list/index.html.md): List profiles
- [`lxc profile remove`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/remove/index.html.md): Remove profiles from instances
- [`lxc profile rename`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/rename/index.html.md): Rename profiles
- [`lxc profile set`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/set/index.html.md): Set profile configuration keys
- [`lxc profile show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/show/index.html.md): Show profile configurations
- [`lxc profile unset`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/profile/unset/index.html.md): Unset profile configuration keys

## Optional

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