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<span id="lxc-image-md"></span><h1><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lxc</span> <span class="pre">image</span></code><a class="headerlink" href="#lxc-image" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<p>Manage images</p>
<section id="synopsis">
<h2>Synopsis<a class="headerlink" href="#synopsis" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>Description:
Manage images</p>
<p>In LXD instances are created from images. Those images were themselves
either generated from an existing instance or downloaded from an image
server.</p>
<p>When using remote images, LXD will automatically cache images for you
and remove them upon expiration.</p>
<p>The image unique identifier is the hash (sha-256) of its representation
as a compressed tarball (or for split images, the concatenation of the
metadata and rootfs tarballs).</p>
<p>Images can be referenced by their full hash, shortest unique partial
hash or alias name (if one is set).</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">lxc</span> <span class="n">image</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="n">flags</span><span class="p">]</span>
</pre></div>
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<section id="options-inherited-from-parent-commands">
<h2>Options inherited from parent commands<a class="headerlink" href="#options-inherited-from-parent-commands" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">debug</span>          <span class="n">Show</span> <span class="nb">all</span> <span class="n">debug</span> <span class="n">messages</span>
      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">force</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">local</span>    <span class="n">Force</span> <span class="n">using</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">local</span> <span class="n">unix</span> <span class="n">socket</span>
  <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">h</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">help</span>           <span class="n">Print</span> <span class="n">help</span>
      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">project</span>        <span class="n">Override</span> <span class="n">the</span> <span class="n">source</span> <span class="n">project</span>
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      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">sub</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">commands</span>   <span class="n">Use</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">help</span> <span class="ow">or</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">help</span> <span class="n">to</span> <span class="n">view</span> <span class="n">sub</span><span class="o">-</span><span class="n">commands</span>
  <span class="o">-</span><span class="n">v</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">verbose</span>        <span class="n">Show</span> <span class="nb">all</span> <span class="n">information</span> <span class="n">messages</span>
      <span class="o">--</span><span class="n">version</span>        <span class="n">Print</span> <span class="n">version</span> <span class="n">number</span>
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<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="../#lxc-md"><span class="std std-ref">lxc</span></a>	 - Command line client for LXD</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference internal" href="alias/#lxc-image-alias-md"><span class="std std-ref">lxc image alias</span></a>	 - Manage image aliases</p></li>
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