lxc-device(1)

lxc-device1

Manage devices of running containers

Usage

lxc-device [-h] [-n name] [add] [DEVICE] [NAME]

Overview

lxc-device manages devices in running container.

Options

FC-hF[0]

The full command help message.

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

The name of the target container.

FCactionF[0]

What action to perform. Only 'add' is supported at this point.

FCDEVICEF[0]

The device to add to the container. It can either be the path to a device under /dev or a network interface name.

FC[NAME]F[0]

Name for the device within the container.

Examples

lxc-device -n p1 add /dev/video0

Creates a /dev/video0 device in container p1 based on the matching device on the host.

lxc-device -n p1 add eth0 eth1

Moves eth0 from the host as eth1 in p1.

Releases

7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.

  1. 8
  2. 9
  3. 10
  4. 11
  5. 12
  6. 13
  7. Arch

From lxc 1:7.0.0-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.