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lxc-start-ephemeral(1) | lxc-start-ephemeral(1) |
NAME¶
lxc-start-ephemeral - start an ephemeral copy of an existing containerSYNOPSIS¶
lxc-start-ephemeral
[-o] [-n] [-d] [--bdir] [--user] [--key] [--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.
- [--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 currently uses ssh (not attach) and 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.
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), lxc.conf(5)AUTHOR¶
Stéphane Graber <stgraber@ubuntu.com>Sat Apr 29 06:45:43 UTC 2017 |