Unable to instantiate Debian container from image server

The setup:

metal: AMD64 CPU with 32GB RAM, 2T LVM2: vgdata, Ethernet with (bridge) br0,

host OS: Debian trixie with lxc, lxc-templates, debootstrap, …

Changes to the default LXC config in /etc/lxc/default.conf:

  • lxc.net.0.link = br0
  • lxc.apparmor.profile = unconfined

To create the guest, I have followed the LXC instructions:

lxc-create --name lx4 --template download – --dist debian --release trixie --arch amd64 -l default

stdout:

Downloading the image index

---
DIST             RELEASE     ARCH   VARIANT  BUILD
---
debian           trixie      amd64  default  20260411_05:24
---

I guess I am missing something i.e. parameters to the template (?) would be my guess. The download is way too fast and the created vgdata/lx4 lv is empty.

please advise, and I do apologise if this not the right place to ask.

N.