lxc-start-ephemeral (1) Linux Manual Page
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.
See Also
lxc-start(1),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.