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lxc-snapshot – Snapshot an existing container. Synopsislxc-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] Descriptionlxc-snapshot creates, lists, and restores container snapshots. Snapshots are stored as snapshotted containers under a private…
lxc-ps – list the processes belonging to a specific container. Synopsislxc-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 the container…
lxc-monitor – monitor the container state Synopsislxc-monitor [-n name] [-Q name] Descriptionlxc-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. If not specified,…
lxc-ls – list the containers existing on the system Synopsislxc-ls [-1] [-P lxcpath] [–active] [–frozen] [–running] [–stopped] [-f] [-F format] [–nesting] [filter] [–version] Descriptionlxc-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 default is /var/lib/lxc. [–active]…
lxc-info – query information about a container Synopsislxc-info {-n name} [-c KEY] [-s] [-p] [-i] [-S] [-H] Descriptionlxc-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 print the container’s state….
lxc-freeze – freeze all the container’s processes Synopsislxc-freeze {-n name} Descriptionlxc-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 OptionsThese options are common to most of lxc…
lxc-execute – run an application inside a container. Synopsislxc-execute {-n name} [-f config_file] [-s KEY=VAL] [– command] Descriptionlxc-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 is defined, the…
lxc-device – manage devices of running containers Synopsislxc-device [-h] [-n name] [add] [DEVICE] [NAME] Descriptionlxc-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 the container. It can…
lxc-destroy – destroy a container. Synopsislxc-destroy {-n name} [-f] Descriptionlxc-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 OptionsThese options are common to most of lxc commands….
lxc-create – creates a container Synopsislxc-create {-n name} [-f config_file] {-t template} [-B backingstore] [– template-options] Descriptionlxc-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 object is a…
lxc-console – Launch a console for the specified container Synopsislxc-console {-n name} [-e escape character] [-t ttynum] DescriptionIf 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 by this command….
lxc-config – query LXC system configuration Synopsislxc-config [-l] [item] Descriptionlxc-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 Alsolxc(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-clone – clone a new container from an existing one. Synopsislxc-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} [– hook…
lxc-checkconfig – check the current kernel for lxc support Synopsislxc-checkconfig Descriptionlxc-checkconfig check the current kernel for lxc support Exampleslxc-checkconfig check the current kernel. CONFIG can be set in the environment to an alternate location.See Alsolxc(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), lxc.conf(5) AuthorStéphane Graber <stgraber [at] ubuntu.com>
lxc-cgroup – manage the control group associated with a container Synopsislxc-cgroup {-n name} {state-object} [value] Descriptionlxc-cgroup gets or sets the value of a state-object (e.g., ‘cpuset.cpus’) in the container’s cgroup for the corresponding subsystem (e.g., ‘cpuset’). If no [value] is specified, the current value of the state-object is displayed; otherwise it is set. Note that…
lxc-autostart – start/stop/kill auto-started containers Synopsislxc-autostart [-k] [-L] [-r] [-s] [-a] [-g groups] [-t timeout] Descriptionlxc-autostart processes containers with lxc.start.auto set. It lets the user start, shutdown, kill, restart containers in the right order, waiting the right time. Supports filtering by lxc.group or just run against all defined containers. It can also be used by…
lxc-attach – start a process inside a running container. Synopsislxc-attach {-n name} [-a arch] [-e] [-s namespaces] [-R] [–keep-env] [–clear-env] [– command] Descriptionlxc-attach runs the specified command inside the container specified by name. The container has to be running already. If no command is specified, the current default shell of the user running lxc-attach will…
lxappearance – GTK+ theme switcher Synopsis lxappearanceDescriptionThis manual page documents briefly the lxappearance command. lxappearance is a program to change GTK+ themes, icon themes, and fonts used by applications. It is a feature-rich GTK+ theme switcher. AuthorThis manual page was written by paulliu grandpaul [at] gmail.com for the Debian system (but may be used by…
lwp-rget – Retrieve web documents recursively Synopsis lwp-rget [–verbose] [–auth=USER:PASS] [–depth=N] [–hier] [–iis] [–keepext=mime/type[,mime/type]] [–limit=N] [–nospace] [–prefix=URL] [–referer=URL] [–sleep=N] [–tolower] <URL> lwp-rget –versionDescriptionThis program will retrieve a document and store it in a local file. It will follow any links found in the document and store these documents as well, patching links so that they…
lwp-request, GET, POST, HEAD – Simple command line user agent Synopsislwp-request [-afPuUsSedvhx] [-m method] [-b base URL] [-t timeout] [-i if-modified-since] [-c content-type] [-C credentials] [-p proxy-url] [-o format] url… DescriptionThis program can be used to send requests to WWW servers and your local file system. The request content for POST and PUT methods is read from stdin. The content of the response is…