# 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

- [How to initialize LXD](index.html.md): Before you can create a LXD instance, you must configure and initialize LXD.

## Optional

- [Top-level llms.txt](../../llms.txt): Complete documentation index.