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lxd.activateifneeded(1)

Check if LXD should be started

NAME

lxd-activateifneeded - Check if LXD should be started

SYNOPSIS

lxd activateifneeded [flags]

DESCRIPTION

Description:
Check if LXD should be started

This command will check if LXD has any auto-started instances,
instances which were running prior to LXD's last shutdown or if it's
configured to listen on the network address.

If at least one of those is true, then a connection will be attempted to the
LXD socket which will cause a socket-activated LXD to be spawned.

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

-d, --debug[=false]
Show all debug messages

-h, --help[=false]
Print help

--logfile=""
Path to the log file``

--syslog[=false]
Log to syslog

--trace=[]
Log tracing targets``

-v, --verbose[=false]
Show all information messages

--version[=false]
Print version number

SEE ALSO

lxd(1)

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27-Jun-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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