Rate limit bandwidth on a VM in LXD

LXD Support
1

What it the best way to limit bandwidth on a LXD VM container?

This question might have been answered elsewhere, but I can’t find it when searching.

2

You can set such limits on the network device of your VM or container. Here is an example:

lxc config device set v1 eth0 limits.egress=5Mbit limits.ingress=20Mbit

Documentation is here

3

Sooo, essentially the same way as for lxc containers?

I’m confused at this point because we tried it and its ignored…

4

What type of NIC device are you using with the VM?

lxc config show <instance> --expanded?