LXD allows you to export and import virtual machine archive files, and move them around to your heart's content. You can take a backup of an LXD VM and restore it to a different LXD host, or you can move a VM between different Storage Pools on the same LXD host. You could also take periodic VM backups on a cron schedule, and store them in "off-site" cloud object storage services, such as Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure Blob Storage, Minio, or others. You can use the --storage parameter for the "lxc import" command to specify which LXD Storage Pool you want to import a VM backup into. If your LXD virtual machines have the same IP address, after importing, check out this discussion thread for possible solutions: https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/two-containers-with-same-ip-address-if-restored-from-same-backup/10357/2 📺 CHAPTER LIST ------------------------------ 00:00 Intro to LXD Export / Import Operations 01:18 Diagram of LXD VM Export / Import 07:15 Practice Tasks for LXD Export / Import 08:18 Hands-on With LXD Host 09:46 Launch & Customize LXD VM 12:20 Shutdown VM and Export to Archive File 14:06 Import VM Archive to New LXD VM 16:32 Inspect & Validate New VM Environment 17:59 Import LXD VM to Different Storage Pool Check out the Open Source Software playlist for more videos! 📺    • Open Source Software   Please follow me on these other social channels! ➡️ https://trevorsullivan.net/ ➡️ https://github.com/pcgeek86 ➡️ https://twitter.com/pcgeek86 ➡️ null All trademarks, logos and brand names are the property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this website are for identification purposes only. Use of these names,trademarks and brands does not imply endorsement. #opensource #linux #software