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Standard devices

Standard devices

LXD provides each instance with the basic devices that are required for a standard POSIX system to work. These devices aren't visible in the instance or profile configuration, and they may not be overridden.

The standard devices are:

DeviceType of device
/dev/nullCharacter device
/dev/zeroCharacter device
/dev/fullCharacter device
/dev/consoleCharacter device
/dev/ttyCharacter device
/dev/randomCharacter device
/dev/urandomCharacter device
/dev/net/tunCharacter device
/dev/fuseCharacter device
loNetwork interface

Any other devices must be defined in the instance configuration or in one of the profiles used by the instance. The default profile typically contains a network interface that becomes eth0 in the instance.