Some important lxc lxd commands

lxc_lxd_cmds

* sudo gpasswd -a user_name[like winter_soilder] lxd  [to add user to the lxd group so no sudo is required to execute lxc cmds]

* getent group group_name[lxd]  [to see the group members]

* lxd init [initialize lxd env]

* lxc version

* lxc help | less

* sudo systemctl status lxd
* sudo systemctl enable lxd
* sudo systemctl start lxd

* lxc help command [get help for a specific command]

* lxc list [list all lxc containers in the system]

* lxc image list [list all images in the host machine]

* lxc image list images [list all publically available images]

* lxc remote list [all remote sources for pulling image]

* lxc launch image_path image_name[optional] [start an lxc container]

* lxc start container_name

* lxc stop container_name

* lxc delete container_name

* lxc copy old_container new_container

* lxc exec container_name bash [login to container]

* lxc info container_name 

* lxc config show container_name

* lxc profile copy old_profile new_profile [copy profiles]

* lxc profile list

* lxc profile edit profile_name

* lxc profile add container_name profile_name

* lxc launch image_name container_name --profile profile_name [launch a container with a given profile] 

* lxc config set container_name limits.memory 512MB [set dynamically]

* lxc config set container_name security.privileged true

* lxc config set container_name security.nesting true

* lxc file push path_from_host path_to_lxc

* lxc file pull path_from_lxc path_in_host [--recursive for entire directory]

* lxc snapshot container_name snap_name

* lxc restore container_name snap_name