Profiles

Profile describe configuration options for containers in a re-usable way.

Manager methods

Profiles can be queried through the following client manager methods:

  • all() - Retrieve all profiles
  • exists() - See if a profile with a name exists. Returns boolean.
  • get() - Get a specific profile, by its name.
  • create(name, config, devices) - Create a new profile. The name of the profile is required. config and devices dictionaries are optional, and the scope of their contents is documented in the LXD documentation.

Profile attributes

  • config - config options for containers
  • description - The description of the profile
  • devices - device options for containers
  • name - The name of the profile
  • used_by - A list of containers using this profile

Profile methods

  • rename - Rename the profile.
  • save - save a profile. This uses the PUT HTTP method and not the PATCH.
  • delete - deletes a profile.

Examples

Profile operations follow the same manager-style as Containers and Images. Profiles are keyed on a unique name.

>>> profile = client.profiles.get('my-profile')
>>> profile
<profile.Profile at 0x7f95d8af72b0>

The profile can then be modified and saved.

>>> profile.config = profile.config.update({'security.nesting': 'true'})
>>> profile.update()

To create a new profile, use create with a name, and optional config and devices config dictionaries.

>>> profile = client.profiles.create(
...     'an-profile', config={'security.nesting': 'true'},
...     devices={'root': {'path': '/', 'size': '10GB', 'type': 'disk'}})