lxc-info1
Query information about a container
Usage
lxc-info -n
name
[-c
KEY]
[-s]
[-p]
[-i]
[-S]
[-H]
Overview
lxc-info queries and shows information about a container.
Options
- FC-c, --config F[0]KEY
-
Print a configuration key from the container. This option may be given multiple times to print out multiple key = value pairs.
- FC-s, --stateF[0]
-
Just print the container's state.
- FC-p, --pidF[0]
-
Just print the container's pid.
- FC-i, --ipsF[0]
-
Just print the container's IP addresses.
- FC-S, --statsF[0]
-
Just print the container's statistics. Note that for performance reasons the kernel does not account kernel memory use unless a kernel memory limit is set. If a limit is not set,
lxc-infowill display kernel memory use as 0. A limit can be set by specifyingFC lxc.cgroup.memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes = number F[0]in your container configuration file, see lxc.conf(5).
- FC-H, --no-humanizeF[0]
-
Print the container's statistics in raw, non-humanized form. The default is to print statistics in humanized form.
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.
Examples
lxc-info -n foo
|
Show information for foo. |
|---|---|
lxc-info -n 'ubuntu.*'
|
Show information for all containers whose name starts with ubuntu. |
lxc-info -n foo -c lxc.net.0.veth.pair
|
prints the veth pair name of foo. |
Releases
7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.
-i until Debian 11 (Bullseye);
-s until Debian 11 (Bullseye).