Environment variables

The LXD client and daemon respect some environment variables to adapt to the user’s environment and to turn some advanced features on and off.

Note

These environment variables are not available if you use the LXD snap.

Common

Name	Description
LXD_DIR	The LXD data directory
LXD_INSECURE_TLS	If set to true, allows all default Go ciphers both for client <-> server communication and server <-> image servers (server <-> server and clustering are not affected)
PATH	List of paths to look into when resolving binaries
http_proxy	Proxy server URL for HTTP
https_proxy	Proxy server URL for HTTPS
no_proxy	List of domains, IP addresses or CIDR ranges that don’t require the use of a proxy

Client environment variable

Name	Description
EDITOR	What text editor to use
VISUAL	What text editor to use (if EDITOR isn’t set)
LXD_CONF	Path to the LXC configuration directory
LXD_GLOBAL_CONF	Path to the global LXC configuration directory
LXC_REMOTE	Name of the remote to use (overrides configured default remote)

Server environment variable

Name	Description
LXD_EXEC_PATH	Full path to the LXD binary (used when forking subcommands)
LXD_LXC_TEMPLATE_CONFIG	Path to the LXC template configuration directory
LXD_SECURITY_APPARMOR	If set to false, forces AppArmor off
LXD_UNPRIVILEGED_ONLY	If set to true, enforces that only unprivileged containers can be created. Note that any privileged containers that have been created before setting LXD_UNPRIVILEGED_ONLY will continue to be privileged. To use this option effectively it should be set when the LXD daemon is first set up.
LXD_OVMF_PATH	Path to an OVMF build including OVMF_CODE.fd and OVMF_VARS.ms.fd (deprecated, please use LXD_QEMU_FW_PATH instead)
LXD_QEMU_FW_PATH	Path (or : separated list of paths) to firmware (OVMF, SeaBIOS) to be used by QEMU
LXD_IDMAPPED_MOUNTS_DISABLE	Disable idmapped mounts support (useful when testing traditional UID shifting)
LXD_DEVMONITOR_DIR	Path to be monitored by the device monitor. This is primarily for testing.