Lxc image list images: - only 4 Ubuntu versions listed & all 4 are VM images - no Container images

[bmullan]

On Ubuntu 22.04 using the CLI:

Maybe this is supposed to be the way it appears? But I wanted to make sure there’s not a bug.

Using:

$ lxc image list ubuntu:

There are dozens of Ubuntu images for many different Ubuntu versions

But using:

$ lxc image list images:

It Only lists 4 Ubuntu images?

±-----------------------------------------±-------------±-------±------------------------------------------±-------------±----------------±-----------±------------------------------+
| ubuntu/23.10/desktop (3 more) | c18b654d4583 | yes | Ubuntu mantic amd64 (20240426_0730) | x86_64 | VIRTUAL-MACHINE | 1084.32MiB | Apr 26, 2024 at 12:00am (UTC) |
±-----------------------------------------±-------------±-------±------------------------------------------±-------------±----------------±-----------±------------------------------+
| ubuntu/focal/desktop (3 more) | 892ad8c89712 | yes | Ubuntu focal amd64 (20240426_0730) | x86_64 | VIRTUAL-MACHINE | 981.93MiB | Apr 26, 2024 at 12:00am (UTC) |
±-----------------------------------------±-------------±-------±------------------------------------------±-------------±----------------±-----------±------------------------------+
| ubuntu/jammy/desktop (3 more) | 9a964b494e0f | yes | Ubuntu jammy amd64 (20240426_0730) | x86_64 | VIRTUAL-MACHINE | 971.88MiB | Apr 26, 2024 at 12:00am (UTC) |
±-----------------------------------------±-------------±-------±------------------------------------------±-------------±----------------±-----------±------------------------------+
| ubuntu/noble/desktop (3 more) | 80188306407f | yes | Ubuntu noble amd64 (20240426_0730) | x86_64 | VIRTUAL-MACHINE | 1090.03MiB | Apr 26, 2024 at 12:00am (UTC) |
±-----------------------------------------±-------------±-------±------------------------------------------±-------------±----------------±-----------±------------------------------+

NOTE - the LXD Ubuntu VM Images are only for - Focal, Jammy, Mantic and Noble

And again, there are no LXD container images list by:

$ lxc images list images:

? Is there a purpose or reason why there is such a difference in the listed Ubuntu Images between:

$ lxc image list ubuntu:
and
$ lxc image list images:

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[tomp]

This is expected. The LXD team’s images remote only provides Ubuntu desktop VMs so as not to cause confusion with the cloud (CPC) team’s official Ubuntu images from the ubuntu remote.

New LXD image server available (images.lxd.canonical.com)

Right now we aren’t providing Ubuntu images on this remote so as not to cause confusion with the official ones. We are planning to add support for Ubuntu desktop images though (as these are not available from the ubuntu remote currently).