# MicroCloud > This is the documentation for MicroCloud: automated private cloud based on LXD, Ceph, and OVN. 2014-2026 AGPL-3.0, Canonical Ltd. ## Pages - [MicroCloud](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/index.html.md): MicroCloud is a lightweight, open source cloud platform built on LXD, MicroCeph, and MicroOVN, ideal for private cloud, edge computing, and test labs. - [Tutorials](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/tutorial/index.html.md): An index to hands-on tutorials to install, initialize, and try out test deployments of MicroCloud, on a single physical machine or multiple virtual machines. - [MicroCloud tutorial using multiple virtualized cluster members](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/tutorial/multi-member/index.html.md): This tutorial guides you through installing and initializing MicroCloud in a confined environment, i... - [MicroCloud tutorial using a single physical cluster member](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/tutorial/single-member/index.html.md): Step-by-step tutorial to learn the basics of how to install, initialize, and use MicroCloud using a physical machine as a single cluster member. - [How-to guides](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/index.html.md): An index of how-to guides for key MicroCloud operations, including installation, initialization, UI access, configuration, management, and updates. - [How to install MicroCloud](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/install/index.html.md): The requirements in this section apply to all MicroCloud deployments. - [How to initialize MicroCloud](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/initialize/index.html.md): Find out how to initialize MicroCloud after installation, using either interactive or preseed configuration. - [How to access the MicroCloud UI](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/ui/index.html.md): The MicroCloud UI provides a browser-based user interface to manage all aspects of your cluster, including instances, networks, and more. - [How to automate a MicroCloud test deployment with Terraform](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/terraform_automation/index.html.md): This guide shows you how to automatically deploy a MicroCloud test environment using Terraform and t... - [How to configure Ceph networking](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/ceph_networking/index.html.md): When running **microcloud init**, you are asked if you want to provide custom subnets for the Ceph c... - [How to configure an OVN underlay network](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/ovn_underlay/index.html.md): For an explanation of the benefits of using an OVN underlay network, see Dedicated underlay network. - [How to add a service](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/add_service/index.html.md): If you set up the MicroCloud without MicroOVN or MicroCeph initially, you can add those services wit... - [How to manage MicroCloud cluster members](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/members_manage/index.html.md): Follow these guides to add cluster members interactively or with a preseed configuration file, and t... - [How to add a cluster member to an existing MicroCloud](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/member_add/index.html.md): A MicroCloud cluster can consist of up to fifty cluster members. These can be added during initializ... - [How to remove a MicroCloud cluster member](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/member_remove/index.html.md): You can remove a cluster member from a MicroCloud at any time, as long as at least one machine remai... - [How to shut down a MicroCloud cluster member](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/member_shutdown/index.html.md): Learn how to safely shut down a MicroCloud cluster member, including how to stop and migrate or live-migrate LXD instances running on it. - [How to recover a MicroCloud cluster](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/recover/index.html.md): Each MicroCloud service uses the Dqlite distributed - [How to update and upgrade](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/update_upgrade/index.html.md): The snaps for MicroCloud, LXD, MicroCeph, and MicroOVN installed on MicroCloud cluster members must ... - [How to manage the snaps](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/snaps/index.html.md): Manage MicroCloud and its components (LXD, MicroCeph, and MicroOVN) through their snap packages. - [How to securely decommission a MicroCloud deployment](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/decommission/index.html.md): Follow these steps to securely decommission a MicroCloud cluster member or cluster. - [How to get support](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/support/index.html.md): Refer to Supported and compatible releases for the matrix of compatible releases across MicroCloud a... - [How to contribute to MicroCloud](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/how-to/contribute/index.html.md): The MicroCloud team welcomes contributions through pull requests, issue reports, and discussions. - [Reference](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/reference/index.html.md): An index of MicroCloud reference guides covering CLI commands, deployment requirements, releases, and snap details. - [Common CLI commands](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/reference/commands/index.html.md): MicroCloud CLI command reference, a cheat sheet of essential MicroCloud/LXD commands for managing instances, storage, networks, and cluster operations. - [Preseed configuration options](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/reference/preseed/index.html.md): MicroCloud preseed allows the unattended (non-interactive) deployment of a cluster using a pre-confi... - [Requirements](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/reference/requirements/index.html.md): MicroCloud supports up to 50 machines as members of the same cluster. - [Releases and snaps](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/reference/releases-snaps/index.html.md): | Ubuntu LTS | MicroCloud | LXD | MicroCeph | MicroOVN | - [Release notes](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/reference/release-notes/index.html.md): This page lists recent release notes for MicroCloud, which highlight new features, bug fixes, and other important information for each release. - [MicroCloud 2.1.4 release notes](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/reference/release-notes/release-notes-2.1.4/index.html.md): Release notes for MicroCloud 2.1.4, including highlights about new features, bugfixes, and other updates from the MicroCloud project. - [MicroCloud 2.1.3 release notes](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/reference/release-notes/release-notes-2.1.3/index.html.md): Release notes for MicroCloud 2.1.3, including highlights about new features, bugfixes, and other updates from the MicroCloud project. - [Explanation](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/explanation/index.html.md): An index of explanations about MicroCloud concepts, such as its relationship to LXD, Ceph, and OVN and its approach to networking, storage, and security. - [About MicroCloud](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/explanation/microcloud/index.html.md): An overview of MicroCloud including its component snaps of LXD, MicroCeph, and MicroOVN, and its major features. - [MicroCloud’s networking approach](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/explanation/networking/index.html.md): This page describes a high-level overview of MicroCloud’s networking approach, particularly its use ... - [Local versus distributed storage](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/explanation/storage/index.html.md): Explanation about local versus distributed storage in MicroCloud and the benefits and drawbacks of each, such as speed and data redundancy. - [About the initialization process](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/explanation/initialization/index.html.md): See How to initialize MicroCloud for instructions on how to set up MicroCloud. - [Security](https://canonical.com/microcloud/docs/default/explanation/security/index.html.md): MicroCloud’s security model is based on explicit trust and secure-by-default components. Each MicroC...