Lxd: How to create container in stopped state?

[vistoyn]

The command lxc launch create container and run it.
How can I create the container and do not run it automatically?

[IshwarKanse]

You can use lxc init to create containers without starting them. It is not show by default, you can pass --all to show all available commands.

ishwar@xenial:~$ lxc --all
Usage: lxc [subcommand] [options]
Available commands:
    config     - Manage configuration.
    copy       - Copy containers within or in between lxd instances.
    delete     - Delete containers or container snapshots.
    exec       - Execute the specified command in a container.
    file       - Manage files on a container.
    finger     - Fingers the LXD instance to check if it is up and working.
    help       - Presents details on how to use LXD.
    image      - Manipulate container images.
    info       - List information on LXD servers and containers.
    init       - Initialize a container from a particular image.
    launch     - Launch a container from a particular image.
    list       - Lists the available resources.
    monitor    - Monitor activity on the LXD server.
    move       - Move containers within or in between lxd instances.
    pause      - Changes state of one or more containers to pause.
    profile    - Manage configuration profiles.
    publish    - Publish containers as images.
    remote     - Manage remote LXD servers.
    restart    - Changes state of one or more containers to restart.
    restore    - Set the current state of a resource back to a snapshot.
    snapshot   - Create a read-only snapshot of a container.
    start      - Changes state of one or more containers to start.
    stop       - Changes state of one or more containers to stop.
    version    - Prints the version number of this client tool.

Using lxc init you can create containers as follows.

lxc init ubuntu first

Use lxc init --help to get help on this command.

ishwar@xenial:~$ lxc init --help
Usage: Initialize a container from a particular image.

lxc init [remote:]<image> [remote:][<name>] [--ephemeral|-e] [--profile|-p <profile>...] [--config|-c <key=value>...]

Initializes a container using the specified image and name.

Not specifying -p will result in the default profile.
Specifying "-p" with no argument will result in no profile.

Example:
lxc init ubuntu u1

Options:

    -c, --config  (= map[])
        Config key/value to apply to the new container
    --debug  (= false)
        Enables debug mode.
    -e, --ephemeral  (= false)
        Ephemeral container
    --force-local  (= false)
        Force using the local unix socket.
    --no-alias  (= false)
        Ignore aliases when determining what command to run.
    -p, --profile  (= [])
        Profile to apply to the new container
    --verbose  (= false)
        Enables verbose mode.

[vistoyn]

It works, thank you!