lxctl (8)

Usage:

• lxctl [action] [vmname] [options]

--help

Print a breif help message and exists

--man

Prints the manual page and exits.

start

Starts container specified in 1st argument

• Required arguments:

• vmname - name of the container

stop

Stops container specified in 1st argument

• Required arguments:

• vmname - name of the container

create

Creates container.

• Required arguments:

• vmname - name of the container

• Optional arguments:

• --ipaddr - IP address of the machine

• --mask/netmask - network mask of the machine

• --defgw - default gateway of the machine

• --dns - primary DNS server

• --ostemplate - template name, by default it is 'lucid_amd64'

• --config - path to configuration file, by default /etc/lxc/<container name> is used

• --root - path to root file system, by default /var/lib/lxctl/<container name> is used

• --addpkg - list of additional packages (comma-separated)

• --pkgopt - list of additional packet manager options (space-separated, but as one argument)

• --rootsz - size of logical volume for root FS, by default it is 10G

• --hostname - sets the hostname of the machine, by default <container name> is used

• --searchdomain - set a custom searchdomain in /etc/resolv.conf

• --macaddr - set the custom mac address of the container

• --autostart - autostart container each reboot host machine

• --no-save - do not save yaml config for new container, by default $CONF_PATH/vmname.yaml is used

• --load - create container from yaml config

• --debug - show more information about install process

• --tz - set custom timezone (Europe/Moscow, UTC, etc)

• --empty - create a clear container for migrate here

set

Changes container parameters.

• Required arguments:

• vmname - name of the container

• Optional arguments:

• --rootsz - increment of size of logical volume for root FS

• --ipaddr - IP address if the machine

• --mask/netmask - network mask of the machine

• --defgw - default gateway of the machine

• --dns - primary DNS server

• --hostname - sets the hostname of the machine

• --searchdomain - set a custom searchdomain in /etc/resolv.conf

• --macaddr - set the custom mac address if the machine

• --userpasswd user:passwd - sets password for given user

• --onboot {yes,no} - makes containet [do not] start at boot

• --tz - set custom timezone (Europe/Moscow, UTC, etc)

• --cpu-shares - sets the CPU share of the container

• --cpus - sets the CPU cores of the container

• --mem - sets the memory share of the container (in bytes!)

• --io - sets the IO share of the container

freeze

Freezes container

• Required arguments:

• vmname - name of the container

• unfreeze

• Unfreezes container

• Required arguments:

• vmname - name of the container

list

Lists all containers

• Optional arguments:

• --ipaddr - display with IP addr

• --hostname - display with hostname.

• --cgroup - display with cgroup

• --mount - display with mount point for rootfs

• --diskspace - display with free/full size

• --all - display all information

• --raw - display only vmnames

• migrate Migrate container from localhost to remote host.

• Required arguments

• --vmname - container name

• --tohost - to which host we should migrate

• Optional arguments

• --remuser - remote username for ssh

• --remport - remote port for ssh

• --remname - remote container name

• --onboot - start on boot? 1 or 0

• --userpasswd - 'user:password' formatted password for user

• --clone - cloning, a little bit faster and softer then simple migration

• --rootsz - remote root fs size

• --afterstart - start local container again after migration

• --cpus - cpus allocated to container

• --cpu-shares - cpu time share of the container

• --mem - memory limit of the container

• --io - IO throughput

• --ipaddr - IP of the remote container

• --searchdomain - DNS search domain of the container

• --netmask - network mask

• --defgw - default gateway

• --dns - DNS server

vz2lxc

Migrate VZ-container from remote host to local LXC container.

• Required arguments

• --vmname - container name

• --fromhost - from which host we should migrate

• --remname - remote container name

• Optional arguments

• --remuser - remote username for ssh

• --remport - remote port for ssh

• --onboot - start on boot? 1 or 0

• --rootsz - remote root fs size

• --afterstart - start local container again after migration

• --cpus - cpus allocated to container

• --cpu-shares - cpu time share of the container

• --mem - memory limit of the container

• --io - IO throughput

The full documentation for Version: is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and Version: programs are properly installed at your site, the command

• info Version:

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