LXD Network and Profile for PHX

Install, initialize and configure LXD.

This guide provides instructions for installing, initializing and configuring LXD. LXD is the default lightweight hypervisor for creating and managing lightweight VM’s in the form of Linux (LXC) containers.


Config LXD Network

lxc network create phx ipv6.address=none ipv4.address=192.168.60.1/24 ipv4.nat=true
lxc profile copy default phx

Now edit the profile phx and configure phx as the parent of eth1.

lxc profile edit phx  #

The profile phx should be like below.

config: {}
description: PHX LXD profile
devices:
  eth0:
    name: eth0
    network: lxdbr0
    type: nic
  eth1:
    nictype: bridged
    parent: phx
    type: nic
  root:
    path: /
    pool: c2d
    type: disk
name: phx
used_by: []


Last modified May 22, 2025: phx dev environment PHX-1 (98524a6)