lxc-destroy1

Usage

Overview

lxc-destroy destroys the system object previously created by the lxc-create command.

Options

FC-f, --forceF[0]

If a container is running, stop it first. If this option is not specified and the container is running, then lxc-destroy will be aborted.

FC-s, --snapshotsF[0]

destroy the specified container including all its snapshots.

Options

These options are common to most of lxc commands.

FC-?, -h, --helpF[0]

Print a longer usage message than normal.

FC--usageF[0]

Give the usage message

FC-q, --quietF[0]

mute on

FC-P, --lxcpath=F[0]PATH

Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.

FC-o, --logfile=F[0]FILE

Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.

FC-l, --logpriority=F[0]LEVEL

Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is FCERRORF[0]. Possible values are : FCFATALF[0], FCALERTF[0], FCCRITF[0], FCWARNF[0], FCERRORF[0], FCNOTICEF[0], FCINFOF[0], FCDEBUGF[0], FCTRACEF[0].

Note that this option is setting the priority of the events log in the alternate log file. It do not have effect on the ERROR events log on stderr.

FC-n, --name=F[0]NAME

Use container identifier NAME. The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.

FC--rcfile=F[0]FILE

Specify the configuration file to configure the virtualization and isolation functionalities for the container.

This configuration file if present will be used even if there is already a configuration file present in the previously created container (via lxc-create).

FC--versionF[0]

Show the version number.

Diagnostic

The container was not found

The specified container for destruction was not found. It is probable it does not exists and was already destroyed.You can use the lxc-ls command to list the available containers on the system.