lxc launch

lxc launch [<remote>:]<image> [<remote>:][<name>] [flags]

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 u1
    Create and start a container

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 u1 < config.yaml
    Create and start a container with configuration from config.yaml

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 u2 -t aws:t2.micro
    Create and start a container using the same size as an AWS t2.micro (1 vCPU, 1GiB of RAM)

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 v1 --vm -c limits.cpu=4 -c limits.memory=4GiB
    Create and start a virtual machine with 4 vCPUs and 4GiB of RAM

lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 v1 --vm -c limits.cpu=2 -c limits.memory=8GiB -d root,size=32GiB
    Create and start a virtual machine with 2 vCPUs, 8GiB of RAM and a root disk of 32GiB

-c, --config                Config key/value to apply to the new instance
    --console[="console"]   Immediately attach to the console
-d, --device                New key/value to apply to a specific device
    --empty                 Create an empty instance
-e, --ephemeral             Ephemeral instance
-n, --network               Network name
    --no-profiles           Create the instance with no profiles applied
-p, --profile               Profile to apply to the new instance
-s, --storage               Storage pool name
    --target                Cluster member name
-t, --type                  Instance type
    --vm                    Create a virtual machine

    --debug          Show all debug messages
    --force-local    Force using the local unix socket
-h, --help           Print help
    --project        Override the source project
-q, --quiet          Don't show progress information
    --sub-commands   Use with help or --help to view sub-commands
-v, --verbose        Show all information messages
    --version        Print version number