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          <section id="how-to-add-remote-servers">
<span id="remotes"></span><h1>How to add remote servers<a class="headerlink" href="#how-to-add-remote-servers" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>Remote servers are a concept in the LXD CLI.</p>
<p>If you are using the UI or the API, you can interact with different remotes by using their exposed UI or API addresses instead.</p>
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<p>By default, the command-line client interacts with the local LXD daemon, but you can add other servers or clusters to interact with.</p>
<p>One use case for remote servers is to distribute images that can be used to create instances on local servers.
See <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/remote_image_servers/#remote-image-servers"><span class="std std-ref">Remote image servers</span></a> for more information.</p>
<p>You can also add a full LXD server as a remote server to your client.
In this case, you can interact with the remote server in the same way as with your local daemon.
For example, you can manage instances or update the server configuration on the remote server.</p>
<section id="authentication">
<h2>Authentication<a class="headerlink" href="#authentication" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>To be able to add a LXD server as a remote server, the server’s API must be exposed, which means that its <a class="configref reference internal" href="../server/#server-core:core.https_address"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">core.https_address</span></code></a> server configuration option must be set.</p>
<p>When adding the server, you must then authenticate with it using the chosen method for <a class="reference internal" href="../authentication/#authentication"><span class="std std-ref">Remote API authentication</span></a>.</p>
<p>See <a class="reference internal" href="../howto/server_expose/#server-expose"><span class="std std-ref">How to expose LXD to the network</span></a> for more information.</p>
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<section id="list-configured-remotes">
<h2>List configured remotes<a class="headerlink" href="#list-configured-remotes" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>To see all configured remote servers, enter the following command:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>lxc remote list
</pre></div>
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<p>Remote servers that use the <a class="reference external" href="https://git.launchpad.net/simplestreams/tree/">simple streams format</a> are pure image servers.
Servers that use the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lxd</span></code> format are LXD servers, which either serve solely as image servers or might provide some images in addition to serving as regular LXD servers.
See <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/remote_image_servers/#remote-image-server-types"><span class="std std-ref">Remote server types</span></a> for more information.</p>
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<section id="add-a-remote-lxd-server">
<h2>Add a remote LXD server<a class="headerlink" href="#add-a-remote-lxd-server" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>To add a LXD server as a remote, enter the following command:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>lxc remote add &lt;remote_name&gt; &lt;IP|FQDN|URL|token&gt; [flags]
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<p>Some authentication methods require specific flags (for example, use <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/manpages/lxc/remote/add/#lxc-remote-add-md"><span class="std std-ref"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lxc</span> <span class="pre">remote</span> <span class="pre">add</span> <span class="pre">&lt;remote_name&gt;</span> <span class="pre">&lt;IP|FQDN|URL&gt;</span> <span class="pre">--auth-type=oidc</span></code></span></a> for OIDC authentication).
See <a class="reference internal" href="../howto/server_expose/#server-authenticate"><span class="std std-ref">Authenticate with the LXD server</span></a> and <a class="reference internal" href="../authentication/#authentication"><span class="std std-ref">Remote API authentication</span></a> for more information.</p>
<p>For example, enter the following command to add a remote through an IP address:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>lxc remote add my-remote 192.0.2.10
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<p>You are prompted to confirm the remote server fingerprint and then asked for the token.</p>
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<section id="select-a-default-remote">
<h2>Select a default remote<a class="headerlink" href="#select-a-default-remote" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>The LXD command-line client is pre-configured with the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">local</span></code> remote, which is the local LXD daemon.</p>
<p>To select a different remote as the default remote, enter the following command:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>lxc remote switch &lt;remote_name&gt;
</pre></div>
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<p>To see which server is configured as the default remote, enter the following command:</p>
<div class="highlight-none notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span>lxc remote get-default
</pre></div>
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<section id="configure-a-global-remote">
<h2>Configure a global remote<a class="headerlink" href="#configure-a-global-remote" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
<p>You can configure remotes on a global, per-system basis.
These remotes are available for every user of the LXD server for which you add the configuration.</p>
<p>Users can override these system remotes (for example, by running <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/manpages/lxc/remote/rename/#lxc-remote-rename-md"><span class="std std-ref"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lxc</span> <span class="pre">remote</span> <span class="pre">rename</span></code></span></a> or <a class="reference internal" href="../reference/manpages/lxc/remote/set-url/#lxc-remote-set-url-md"><span class="std std-ref"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">lxc</span> <span class="pre">remote</span> <span class="pre">set-url</span></code></span></a>), which results in the remote and its associated certificates being copied to the user configuration.</p>
<p>To configure a global remote, edit the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">config.yml</span></code> file that is located in one of the following directories:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>the directory specified by <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LXD_GLOBAL_CONF</span></code> (if defined)</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/var/snap/lxd/common/global-conf/</span></code> (if you use the snap)</p></li>
<li><p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/lxd/</span></code> (otherwise)</p></li>
</ul>
<p>Certificates for the remotes must be stored in the <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">servercerts</span></code> directory in the same location (for example, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">/etc/lxd/servercerts/</span></code>).
They must match the remote name (for example, <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">foo.crt</span></code>).</p>
<p>See the following example configuration:</p>
<div class="highlight-default notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">remotes</span><span class="p">:</span>
  <span class="n">foo</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">addr</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">https</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="mf">192.0.2.4</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">8443</span>
    <span class="n">auth_type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">tls</span>
    <span class="n">project</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">default</span>
    <span class="n">protocol</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">lxd</span>
    <span class="n">public</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">false</span>
  <span class="n">bar</span><span class="p">:</span>
    <span class="n">addr</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">https</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="o">//</span><span class="mf">192.0.2.5</span><span class="p">:</span><span class="mi">8443</span>
    <span class="n">auth_type</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">tls</span>
    <span class="n">project</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">default</span>
    <span class="n">protocol</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">lxd</span>
    <span class="n">public</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">false</span>
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