# LXD

> This is the documentation for LXD, a system container and virtual machine manager.


2014-2026 AGPL-3.0, LXD contributors

## Pages in this subsection

- [`lxc auth`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/index.html.md): Manage user authorization
- [`lxc auth group`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/index.html.md): Manage groups
- [`lxc auth group create`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/create/index.html.md): Create groups
- [`lxc auth group delete`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/delete/index.html.md): Delete groups
- [`lxc auth group edit`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/edit/index.html.md): Edit groups as YAML
- [`lxc auth group list`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/list/index.html.md): List groups
- [`lxc auth group permission`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/permission/index.html.md): Manage permissions
- [`lxc auth group permission add`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/permission/add/index.html.md): Add permissions to groups
- [`lxc auth group permission remove`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/permission/remove/index.html.md): Remove permissions from groups
- [`lxc auth group rename`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/rename/index.html.md): Rename groups
- [`lxc auth group show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/group/show/index.html.md): Show group configurations
- [`lxc auth identity`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/index.html.md): Manage identities
- [`lxc auth identity create`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/create/index.html.md): Create an identity
- [`lxc auth identity delete`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/delete/index.html.md): Delete an identity
- [`lxc auth identity edit`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/edit/index.html.md): Edit an identity as YAML
- [`lxc auth identity group`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/group/index.html.md): Manage groups for the identity
- [`lxc auth identity group add`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/group/add/index.html.md): Add a group to an identity
- [`lxc auth identity group remove`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/group/remove/index.html.md): Remove a group from an identity
- [`lxc auth identity info`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/info/index.html.md): View the current identity
- [`lxc auth identity list`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/list/index.html.md): List identities
- [`lxc auth identity show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity/show/index.html.md): View an identity
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/index.html.md): Manage groups
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group create`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/create/index.html.md): Create identity provider groups
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group delete`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/delete/index.html.md): Delete identity provider groups
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group edit`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/edit/index.html.md): Edit identity provider groups as YAML
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group group`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/group/index.html.md): Manage identity provider group mappings
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group group add`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/group/add/index.html.md): Add a group to an identity provider group
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group group remove`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/group/remove/index.html.md): Remove a LXD group from an identity provider group
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group list`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/list/index.html.md): List identity provider groups
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group rename`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/rename/index.html.md): Rename identity provider groups
- [`lxc auth identity-provider-group show`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/identity-provider-group/show/index.html.md): Show an identity provider group
- [`lxc auth permission`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/permission/index.html.md): Inspect permissions
- [`lxc auth permission list`](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/reference/manpages/lxc/auth/permission/list/index.html.md): List permissions

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](https://canonical.com/lxd/docs/default/llms.txt): Complete documentation index.