lxc-start-ephemeral (1)

lxc-start-ephemeral \kx [-o] [-n] [-d] [--bdir] [--user] [--key] [--union-type] [--keep-data] [COMMAND]

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

\*(T<-o\*(T>

Original container name

\*(T<[-n]\*(T>

Name of the ephemeral container (defaults to a random suffix).

\*(T<[-d]\*(T>

Start the container in background and print the name and IP. This option can't be used if a command is passed.

\*(T<[--bdir]\*(T>

Directory to bind mount into container. Can be passed multiple times.

\*(T<[--user]\*(T>

The user to connect to the container as. Used when passing a command to lxc-start-ephemeral.

\*(T<[--key]\*(T>

Copy the provided SSH public key into the container.

\*(T<[--union-type]\*(T>

Force a specific union file system. Can be one of: overlayfs aufs

\*(T<[--keep-data]\*(T>

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).

\*(T<[COMMAND]\*(T>

Immediately run the provided command in the container. This currently uses ssh (not attach) and is incompatible with daemon mode.

lxc-start(1),

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.

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)

St\('ephane Graber <\*(T<[email protected]\*(T>>