By default LXD creates an internal network bridge called lxdbr0 which new containers are attached to (a network bridge in Linux is similar to a physical LAN switch). That way containers can talk to each other on the same network. Even the LXD host is connected to the same bridge. To make a service in a container reachable from the outside world, a proxy is used in most cases, e.g. Nginx for web services and HAProxy for any other services.
But what if you cannot or do not like to connect a service via a proxy? No problem! LXD can not only make use of a “host internal” network bridge, but any network bridge on your system. So let’s set up a network bridge that is linked to a public interface! The container’s network configuration will be similar to the one on your container host. A public IP address can be used directly.