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Install steps:

sudo dnf install snapd
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
snap version
sudo systemctl restart snapd.service
sudo snap install lxd
sudo snap enable lxd
sudo snap services lxd
sudo snap start lxd

Add user:

sudo usermod -a -G lxd test
newgrp lxd

logout and login again.
init steps:

lxtest@localhost:~$ lxd init
Would you like to use LXD clustering? (yes/no) [default=no]: 
Do you want to configure a new storage pool? (yes/no) [default=yes]: 
Name of the new storage pool [default=default]: 
Name of the storage backend to use (powerflex, btrfs, ceph, dir, lvm) [default=btrfs]: 
Create a new BTRFS pool? (yes/no) [default=yes]: 
Would you like to use an existing empty block device (e.g. a disk or partition)? (yes/no) [default=no]: 
Size in GiB of the new loop device (1GiB minimum) [default=5GiB]: 20GiB
Would you like to connect to a MAAS server? (yes/no) [default=no]: 
Would you like to create a new local network bridge? (yes/no) [default=yes]: 
What should the new bridge be called? [default=lxdbr0]: 
What IPv4 address should be used? (CIDR subnet notation, “auto” or “none”) [default=auto]: 
What IPv6 address should be used? (CIDR subnet notation, “auto” or “none”) [default=auto]: none
Would you like the LXD server to be available over the network? (yes/no) [default=no]: 
Would you like stale cached images to be updated automatically? (yes/no) [default=yes]: 
Would you like a YAML "lxd init" preseed to be printed? (yes/no) [default=no]:

show infos:

test@localhost:~$ lxc list
To start your first container, try: lxc launch ubuntu:24.04
Or for a virtual machine: lxc launch ubuntu:24.04 --vm

+------+-------+------+------+------+-----------+
| NAME | STATE | IPV4 | IPV6 | TYPE | SNAPSHOTS |
+------+-------+------+------+------+-----------+
test@localhost:~$ lxc network list
+----------+----------+---------+---------------+------+-------------+---------+---------+
|   NAME   |   TYPE   | MANAGED |     IPV4      | IPV6 | DESCRIPTION | USED BY |  STATE  |
+----------+----------+---------+---------------+------+-------------+---------+---------+
| enp6s0u4 | physical | NO      |               |      |             | 0       |         |
+----------+----------+---------+---------------+------+-------------+---------+---------+
| lxdbr0   | bridge   | YES     | 10.12.66.1/24 | none |             | 1       | CREATED |
+----------+----------+---------+---------------+------+-------------+---------+---------+
| virbr0   | bridge   | NO      |               |      |             | 0       |         |
+----------+----------+---------+---------------+------+-------------+---------+---------+

search images via:

lxc image alias list images: | grep -i arm64

launch instance:

$ lxc launch images:debian/12/arm64 debian-12
Creating debian-12
Retrieving image: metadata: 100% (1.54GB/s)