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 * [Apt Pinning Artful Aardvark Packages in Xenial Xerus](apt_pinning_artful_aardvark_packages_in_xenial_xerus.md)
 * [LXD Container Home Server Networking For Dummies](lxd_container_home_server_networking_for_dummies.md)
+* [LXD Container Foo](lxd_container_foo.md)
 * [How To Reassign A Static Ip Address with dnsmasq](how_to_reassign_a_static_ip_address_with_dnsmasq.md)
 * [Serve And Share Apps From Your Phone With Fdroid](serve_and_share_apps_from_your_phone_with_fdroid.md)
 * [Nspawn Containers](nspawn.md)

docs/lxd_container_foo.md

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+# More Notes and Tips for Using LXD
+
+### LXD Server and _Clients_
+
+#####Your LXD hosts can establish a secure client-server relationship very quickly and easily.
+
+```bash
+# First enable networking on Both the server and client:
+lxc config set core.https_address [::]:8443
+
+# Then on the server, set a password:
+lxc config set core.trust_password <something-secure>
+
+# Then on the client, add the server as a remote,
+# and enter the password you just created for it:
+lxc remote add <server> <ip address>
+```
+
+
+#####Now from the perspective of the client machine, the server is just another remote, same as:  
+
+  * **local** (the default)
+  * **ubuntu** (where ubuntu images come from), and 
+  * **images** (where lxc images of other distros come from).
+  * **clyde** (your host named clyde)
+
+
+```bash
+# command to list remotes
+# returns local, images, ubuntu, etc.
+lxc remote list
+
+# command to list containers on a remote
+lxc list <remote>:
+# i.e. for a remote named "black"
+lxc list black:
+
+# command to list images on a remote
+# i.e. for a remote name "images"
+lxc image list images:
+# or for a remote named "ubuntu"
+lxc image list ubuntu:
+# or for a specific image
+lxc image list ubuntu:16.04 # or
+lxc image list ubuntu:fdceb4d263b9
+```
+
+#####Now you can move containers around between servers and clients.
+
+```bash
+# launch an ubuntu container from the ubuntu remote
+lxc launch ubuntu:16.04 <optional name>
+# or from a remote named "black"
+lxc launch black:069b95ed3a60 <optional name>
+# to list the images that black has available
+lxc image list black:
+
+# copy a container from a server named "black"
+# to your local client
+lxc copy black:jerry <optional name to copy to>
+# or from "local" back to "black"
+lxc copy jerry black:<optional name to copy to>
+# or move
+lxc move black:jerry <optional name to copy to>
+
+# or change the default remote from "local" to "black"
+lxc remote set-default black
+# and then reverse the syntax
+# copy a container from a server named "black"
+# to your local client
+lxc copy jerry local:<optional name to copy to>
+# or from "local" back to "black"
+lxc copy local:jerry <optional name to copy to>
+```
+
+#####Or remote control another LXD server
+
+```bash
+# bash shell on container named "jim" running on
+# a remote server named "black"
+lxc exec black:jim bash
+
+# copy that
+lxc copy black:jim black:francine
+
+# snapshot
+lxc snapshot black:jim
+
+# delete a snapshot from a remote container
+# first get the containers info to see what
+# snapshots it has
+lxc info black:jim
+# and then delete
+lxc delete black:jim/snap0
+
+# or rollback/restore,
+# slightly different syntax vs "delete"
+lxc restore black:jim snap0
+```