Section 1: user commands and tools
NAME lxc-unshare – Run a task in a new set of namespaces. SYNOPSIS lxc-unshare {-s namespaces} [-u user] [-H hostname] [-i ifname] [-d] [-M] {command} DESCRIPTION lxc-unshare can be used to run a task in a cloned set of namespaces. This command is mainly provided for testing purposes. Despite its name, it always uses clone…
NAME lxc-unfreeze – thaw all the container’s processes SYNOPSIS lxc-unfreeze {-n name} DESCRIPTION lxc-unfreeze will thaw all the processes previously frozen by the lxc-freeze command. COMMON OPTIONS These options are common to most of lxc commands. -?, -h, –help Print a longer usage message than normal. –usage Give the usage message -q, –quiet mute on…
NAME lxc-top – monitor container statistics SYNOPSIS lxc-top [–help] [–max count] [–delay delay] [–sort sortby] [–reverse] DESCRIPTION lxc-top displays container statistics. The output is updated every delay seconds, and is ordered according to the sortby value given. Specifying count will limit the number of containers displayed, otherwise lxc-top will display as many containers as can…
NAME lxc-stop – stop the application running inside a container SYNOPSIS lxc-stop {-n name} [-W] [-r] [-t timeout] [-k] [–nokill] [–nolock] DESCRIPTION lxc-stop reboots, cleanly shuts down, or kills all the processes inside the container. By default, it will request a clean shutdown of the container by sending lxc.haltsignal (defaults to SIGPWR) to the container’s…
NAME lxc-start – run an application inside a container. SYNOPSIS lxc-start {-n name} [-f config_file] [-c console_device] [-L console_logfile] [-d] [-F] [-p pid_file] [-s KEY=VAL] [-C] [–share-[net|ipc|uts] name|pid] [command] DESCRIPTION lxc-start runs the specified command inside the container specified by name. It will setup the container according to the configuration previously defined with the lxc-create…
NAME lxc-start-ephemeral – start an ephemeral copy of an existing container SYNOPSIS lxc-start-ephemeral [-o] [-n] [-d] [–bdir] [–user] [–key] [–storage-type] [–union-type] [–keep-data] [COMMAND] DESCRIPTION lxc-start-ephemeral start an ephemeral copy of an existing container. OPTIONS -o Original container name [-n] Name of the ephemeral container (defaults to a random suffix). [-d] Start the container in background…
NAME lxc-snapshot – Snapshot an existing container. SYNOPSIS lxc-snapshot {-n, –name name} [-c, –comment file] lxc-snapshot {-n, –name name} {-d, -destroy snapshot-name} lxc-snapshot {-n, –name name} {-L, –list } [-C, –showcomments ] lxc-snapshot {-n, –name name} {-r, -restore snapshot-name} [ newname] DESCRIPTION lxc-snapshot creates, lists, and restores container snapshots. Snapshots are stored as snapshotted containers…
NAME lxc-ps – list the processes belonging to a specific container. SYNOPSIS lxc-ps [–name name] [–lxc] [ps option] .SH "DESCRIPTION" lxc-ps is a wrapper tp ps command to report the name of lxc container associated to reported processes. The cgroup fs must be mounted before container creation, to be able to have lxc-ps to find…
NAME lxc-monitor – monitor the container state SYNOPSIS lxc-monitor [-n name] [-Q name] DESCRIPTION lxc-monitor monitors the state of containers. The name argument may be used to specify which containers to monitor. It is a regular expression, conforming with posix2, so it is possible to monitor all the containers, several of them or just one….
NAME lxc-ls – list the containers existing on the system SYNOPSIS lxc-ls [-1] [-P lxcpath] [–active] [–frozen] [–running] [–stopped] [-f] [-F format] [–nesting] [filter] [–version] DESCRIPTION lxc-ls list the containers existing on the system. OPTIONS [-1] Show one entry per line. (default when /dev/stdout isn’t a tty) [-P, –lxcpath] Use an alternate container path. The…
NAME lxc-info – query information about a container SYNOPSIS lxc-info {-n name} [-c KEY] [-s] [-p] [-i] [-S] [-H] DESCRIPTION lxc-info queries and shows information about a container. OPTIONS [-c KEY] Print a configuration key from the container. This option may be given multiple times to print out multiple key = value pairs. [-s] Just…
NAME lxc-freeze – freeze all the container’s processes SYNOPSIS lxc-freeze {-n name} DESCRIPTION lxc-freeze freezes all the processes running inside the container. The processes will be blocked until they are explicitly thawed by the lxc-unfreeze command. This command is useful for batch managers to schedule a group of processes. COMMON OPTIONS These options are common…
NAME lxc-execute – run an application inside a container. SYNOPSIS lxc-execute {-n name} [-f config_file] [-s KEY=VAL] [– command] DESCRIPTION lxc-execute runs the specified command inside the container specified by name. It will setup the container according to the configuration previously defined with the lxc-create command or with the configuration file parameter. If no configuration…
NAME lxc-device – manage devices of running containers SYNOPSIS lxc-device [-h] [-n name] [add] [DEVICE] [NAME] DESCRIPTION lxc-device manages devices in running container. OPTIONS [-h] The full command help message. -n The name of the target container. action What action to perform. Only ‘add’ is supported at this point. DEVICE The device to add to…
NAME lxc-destroy – destroy a container. SYNOPSIS lxc-destroy {-n name} [-f] DESCRIPTION lxc-destroy destroys the system object previously created by the lxc-create command. OPTIONS -f, –force If a container is running, stop it first. If this option is not specified and the container is running, then lxc-destroy will be aborted. COMMON OPTIONS These options are…
NAME lxc-create – creates a container SYNOPSIS lxc-create {-n name} [-f config_file] {-t template} [-B backingstore] [– template-options] DESCRIPTION lxc-create creates a system object where is stored the configuration information and where can be stored user information. The identifier name is used to specify the container to be used with the different lxc commands. The…
NAME lxc-console – Launch a console for the specified container SYNOPSIS lxc-console {-n name} [-e escape character] [-t ttynum] DESCRIPTION If the tty service has been configured and is available for the container specified as parameter, this command will launch a console allowing to log on the container. The available tty are free slots taken…
NAME lxc-config – query LXC system configuration SYNOPSIS lxc-config [-l] [item] DESCRIPTION lxc-config queries the lxc system configuration and lets you list all valid keys or query individual keys for their value. OPTIONS -l List all supported keys. item Query the value of the specified key. SEE ALSO lxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1),…
NAME lxc-clone – clone a new container from an existing one. SYNOPSIS lxc-clone [-s ] [-K ] [-M ] [-H ] [-B backingstore] [-L fssize] [-p lxcpath] [-P newlxcpath] {-o orig} {-n new} [– hook arguments] lxc-clone [-s ] [-K ] [-M ] [-H ] [-B backingstore] [-L fssize] [-p lxcpath] [-P newlxcpath] {orig} {new}…
NAME lxc-checkconfig – check the current kernel for lxc support SYNOPSIS lxc-checkconfig DESCRIPTION lxc-checkconfig check the current kernel for lxc support EXAMPLES lxc-checkconfig check the current kernel. CONFIG can be set in the environment to an alternate location. SEE ALSO lxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-wait(1), lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1),…