====== Managing LXD (Incus) on Debian ======

===== Installing Incus =====

Debian has its own port of LXD called Incus. It can be installed by executing:

<code>
sudo apt install incus
</code>

Then initialize Incus:

:!: Before initialization, make sure to have a network bridge and ZFS dataset ready if you want to use those.

<code>
sudo incus admin init
</code>

FIXME TODO: Define multiple networks (NAT/bridged) and specify how to deploy a VM in them.

===== Listing available images =====

<code>
incus image list images: | less
</code>

===== Getting a root shell on a container =====

<code>
incus exec <containername> -- bash
</code>

===== Getting to the console of a container =====

<code>
incus console <containername>
</code>

===== List running containers =====

<code>
incus list
</code>

===== Stopping a container =====

<code>
incus stop <containername>
</code>

===== Creating a new container =====

<code>
incus launch images:<os/version> <containername>
</code>

===== Delete a container =====

<code>
incus delete <containername>
</code>


===== References =====

  * https://wiki.debian.org/LXD
  * https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-install-lxd-on-debian-11-linux/