LXC and LXD Cheat Sheet

Command	Description
lxc launch [repository:][image][/release] [name]	Launch a new container of a particular release of an image
lxc image list [remote:]	List all images
lxc image list ubuntu:	List all Ubuntu images
lxc init [repository:][imagename]	Create a container but do not start it
lxc list [remote:]	List all containers (running and stopped)
lxc info [remote:][name]	Get detailed information about a particular container
lxc start [remote:][name]	Start a stopped container
lxc stop [remote:][name]	Stop a container
lxc restart [remote:][name]	Restart a container
lxc pause [remote:][name]	Suspend a container so its processes do not consume CPU resources
lxc delete [remote:][name]	Remove a stopped container
lxc delete --force [remote:][name]	Remove a running container
lxc config edit [remote:][name]	Live edit a specific container's configuration
lxc profile list [remote:]	List the available container "flavors"
lxc profile show [remote:][profilename]	List details of a particular profile
lxc profile edit [remote:][profilename]	Change the details in a profile
lxc config set [remote:][containername] [key] [value]	Change a single key/value pair on the configuration of a specific container
lxc config show [remote:][name]	Show detailed configuration information about a particular container
lxc exec [remote:][name] -- [command]	Run a command in a container
lxc exec [remote:][name] -- /bin/bash	Run bash (assuming it's installed) interactively in a container
lxc file pull [remote:][container]/[path] [destination]	Download a copy from a container to a specified destination
lxc file push [filename] [remote:][container]/[path]	Upload a file into a container
lxc file edit [remote:][container]/[path]	Download a file from a container, open it in your default text editor, and upload it back upon save
lxc snapshot [remote:][container] [name]	Create a snapshot of a container with a specified name
lxc snapshot restore [remote:][destination container] [snapshot name]	Restore a container from a previous snapshot
lxc copy [remote:][source container]/[snapshot name] [remote:][new container name]	Create a new container from an existing container's snapshot
lxc delete [remote:][container]/[snapshot]	Delete an existing snapshot