About lxc show and info
Description: For the entities managed by LXD, the lxc command provides a list sub-command, and might provide show and info sub-commands. The purpose of the info sub-command is to show current state information,...

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# About `lxc` `show` and `info`

For the entities managed by LXD, the `lxc` command provides a `list` sub-command, and might provide `show` and `info` sub-commands. The purpose of the `info` sub-command is to show current state information, and the purpose of the `show` sub-command is to show configuration information and how the entity is used by other entities.

For example, the `lxc network info` command shows IP address and traffic statistics:

    Name: lxdbr0
    MAC address: 00:16:3e:d3:ec:41
    MTU: 1500
    State: up

    Ips:
      inet    192.0.2.1
      inet6   2001:db8:f4a1:53d2::1
      inet6   fe80::216:3eff:fed3:ec41

    Network usage:
      Bytes received: 127.66kB
      Bytes sent: 15.54kB
      Packets received: 1433
      Packets sent: 175

The `lxc network show` command, on the other hand, shows how the network is configured, and which entities are using the network:

    config:
      ipv4.address: 192.0.2.1/24
      ipv4.nat: "true"
      ipv6.address: 2001:db8:f4a1:53d2::1/64
      ipv6.nat: "true"
    description: ""
    name: lxdbr0
    type: bridge
    used_by:
    - /1.0/instances/ubuntu
    - /1.0/profiles/default
    managed: true
    status: Created
    locations:
    - none

Refer to the manual pages for details of the commands for managing entities:

- Instances: `lxc list`, `lxc info`

- Images: `lxc image list`, `lxc image info`, `lxc image show`

- Networks: `lxc network list`, `lxc network info`, `lxc network show`

- Profiles: `lxc profile list`, `lxc profile show`

- Projects: `lxc project list`, `lxc project info`, `lxc project show`

- Storage: `lxc storage list`, `lxc storage info`, `lxc storage show`