--- title: Publishing LXD images description: While some work remains to be done for ‘lxc publish’, the current support is sufficient to show a full cycle of image workload with lxd.Ubuntu wily comes with systemd by default. Sometimes you might need a wily container with upstart. And to repeatedly reproduce some tests on wily with upstart, you might want to create a container image […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/publishing-lxd-images --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 30 June 2015 # Publishing LXD images [containers](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/containers) [docker](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/docker) [LXD](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/lxd) [Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu) [Wily Werewolf](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/wily-werewolf) --- Share the article While some work remains to be done for ‘lxc publish’, the current support is sufficient to show a full cycle of image workload with lxd. Ubuntu Wily comes with systemd by default. Sometimes you might need a Wily container with upstart. And to repeatedly reproduce some tests on Wily with upstart, you might want to create a container image. ``` # lxc remote add lxc images.linuxcontainers.org # lxc launch lxc:ubuntu/wily/amd64 w1 # lxc exec w1 -- apt-get -y install upstart-bin upstart-sysv # lxc stop w1 # lxc publish --public w1 --alias=wily-with-upstart # lxc image copy wily-with-upstart remote: # optional ``` Now you can start a new container using ``` # lxc launch wily-with-upstart w-test-1 # lxc exec w-test-1 -- ls -alh /sbin/init lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 May 18 10:20 /sbin/init -> upstart # lxc exec w-test-1 run-my-tests ``` Importantly, because “–public” was passed to the lxc publish command, anyone who can reach your lxd server or the image server at “remote:” will also be able to use the image. Of course, for private images, don’t use “–public”. ### About the author Serge Hallyn works for Canonical as a member of the Ubuntu Server team, with a particular focus on the virtualization stack. He has been involved with containers since the first upstream kernel patches for uts and pid namespaces. He was involved with LSM from the start, is listed as co-maintainer of the security subsystem and capabilities, and is a core maintainer of the LXC project. ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. In submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Notice](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy/contact) and [Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Canonical announces the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell to help secure autonomous AI agent fleets](https://canonical.com/blog/charmed-openshell-alpha-release) To streamline enterprise deployment and lifecycle management, Canonical is announcing the alpha release of Charmed OpenShell. [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 28 September 2026 [### Ubuntu coming soon to Snapdragon X2 Series platforms, unlocking more Linux PCs for the agentic world](https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-coming-soon-to-qualcomm-snapdragon-x2-series-platforms) Canonical and Qualcomm Technologies announce upcoming native Ubuntu support for Qualcomm’s flagship laptop silicon, delivering multi-day battery life, 80 TOPS NPU acceleration,... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 23 September 2026 [### Native Dell PowerStore integration lands in Canonical LXD](https://canonical.com/blog/lxd-powerstore-integration) Canonical has broadened enterprise storage options for LXD by introducing a native driver for Dell PowerStore. [Miona Aleksic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/mionaalex) 1 September 2026 [### Arduino® VENTUNO™ Q is available for pre-order with Ubuntu pre-installed](https://canonical.com/blog/arduino-ventuno-q-is-available-for-pre-order-with-ubuntu-pre-installed) London, UK – August 25, 2026 – Following our initial collaboration announcement in March 2026, Canonical and Arduino (a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.) are excited... [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical) 25 August 2026