LXD Custom Images

In previous videos, I reviewed the lxc command line to work with LXD containers. In this video, I discuss LXD Images and how custom LXD images can be created, maintained and backed up in order to act as templates for creating LXD containers.
Commands used in this video:
LIST ALL LXD IMAGES ON A HOST
lxc image list
CREATE A CONTAINER FROM AN IMAGE
lxc launch ubuntu:20.04 mynewserver --profile default -c security.privileged=true -c limits.memory=2048MB -c limits.cpu.allowance=20% -c boot.autostart=true
lxc image list
lxc image delete 7e8bbf2f2423
CREATE A CUSTOM IMAGE FROM A CONTAINER
lxc stop mynewserver
lxc publish mynewserver --alias mycoolimage description="Ubuntu 20.04 with Goodies"
CREATE A CONTAINER USING AN IMAGE ALIAS
lxc launch mycoolimage mynewserver2 --profile default -c security.privileged=true -c limits.memory=2048MB -c limits.cpu.allowance=20% -c boot.autostart=true
SNAPSHOT AN IMAGE
lxc snapshot mynewserver first-install
CREATE AN IMAGE FROM THE SNAPSHOT
lxc publish myserver/first-install --alias mycoolimage2 description="Added Stuff"
INSPECT AN IMAGE
lxc image info mycoolimage2
EXPORT THE IMAGE
lxc image export mycoolimage2 /share/Container/Backups/mycoolimage2.tar.gz
IMPORT THE IMAGE ON A DIFFERENT SERVER
lxc image import mycoolimage2.tar.gz --alias=mycoolimage2
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[@devopssimon]

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[@scottibyte]

Simon, thanks so much for the kudo. It takes a solid year to get a channel started. Most of the channel is devoted to LXD, with Docker and networking too. I create most of my videos by googling and if I can't find any info, that becomes a tutorial. Come by and chat sometime at chat.scottibyte.com/ and don't forget the visit the Discourse forum with all the show notes at discussion.scottibyte.com/.

[@aboutfoss]

Thanks for walking through the different scenarios. Profiles can be added to images via 'lxc image edit'.

[@scottibyte]

Good point. In making these tutorials its hard sometimes to cover everything that might be helpful.