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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),…
NAME lxc-cgroup – manage the control group associated with a container SYNOPSIS lxc-cgroup {-n name} {state-object} [value] DESCRIPTION lxc-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…
NAME lxc-autostart – start/stop/kill auto-started containers SYNOPSIS lxc-autostart [-k] [-L] [-r] [-s] [-a] [-g groups] [-t timeout] DESCRIPTION lxc-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…
NAME lxc-attach – start a process inside a running container. SYNOPSIS lxc-attach {-n name} [-a arch] [-e] [-s namespaces] [-R] [–keep-env] [–clear-env] [– command] DESCRIPTION lxc-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…