## lxd usage information ##
burl="http://download.cirros-cloud.net/daily/20150923/"
base="cirros-d150923-x86_64"
wget "$burl/$base-lxd.tar.xz"
wget "$burl/$base-lxc.tar.xz"
lxc image import --alias=cirros-daily --alias="$base" \
   "$base-lxd.tar.xz" "$base-lxc.tar.xz" 

# Now the image shows up in 'lxc image list'.
# Lets launch one.
$ lxc launch cirros-daily c1
$ lxc exec c1 -- hostname 
c1
$ /bin/sh -c 'echo instance-id=$(cirros-query get instance-id)'
instance-id=c1
$ lxc stop c1
$ lxc delete c1
$ lxc delete --force c1

# You can give it user-data too.
$ cat user-data
#!/bin/sh
echo "it is currently: $(date -R)" | tee /run/time.log

$ lxc launch cirros-daily c2 "--config=user.user-data=$(cat user-data)"
$ sleep 3
$ lxc exec c2 cat /run/time.log
it is currently: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:50:33 +0100

$ lxc stop c2
$ lxc delete c2

## creation information (for smoser) ##
base=cirros-d150923-x86_64

# create the lxc.tar.xz from lxc.tar.gz
zcat $base-lxc.tar.gz | xz > $base-lxc.tar.xz

# create the lxd metadata
tar -C lxd-meta -cvJf "$base-lxd.tar.xz" metadata.yaml templates