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lxc-start-ephemeral: start an ephemeral copy of an existing container

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 and print the name and IP. This option can't be used if a command is passed.
[--bdir]
Directory to bind mount into container. Can be passed multiple times.
[--user]
The user to connect to the container as. Used when passing a command to lxc-start-ephemeral.
[--key]
Copy the provided SSH public key into the container.
[--storage-type]
Specify the type of storage used by the container. Valid types are tmpfs or dir.
[--union-type]
Force a specific union file system. Can be one of: overlayfs aufs
[--keep-data]
Use a persistent backend instead of tmpfs. With this option, you can lxc-stop and lxc-start the no longer so ephemeral container (it's still an overlay, but a persistent one).
[COMMAND]
Immediately run the provided command in the container. This uses attach if the kernel supports it, otherwise uses ssh. This is incompatible with daemon mode.

EXAMPLES

lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1
Simply start an ephemeral container and attach to the console. This container will be based on existing container "p1".
lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1 -n p1-ephemeral -d
Start an ephemeral container based on p1 called p1-ephemeral and print its IP and name to the console instead of attaching.

AUTHOR

Stéphane Graber <stgraber [at] ubuntu.com>