Installing LXD

Install via Snap (Recommended)

# Install LXD
sudo snap install lxd

# Add your user to the lxd group
sudo usermod -aG lxd $USER
newgrp lxd

# Initialize LXD
lxd init

Initialization Options

The lxd init wizard will ask:

• Clustering - No for single-node, Yes for HA
• Storage backend - ZFS, BTRFS, or dir
• Storage pool size - Default or specify size
• Network - Create managed bridge (lxdbr0)
• Remote access - For remote management

Quick Start (Non-Interactive)

lxd init --auto