lxcfs(1)

lxcfs1

"system virtualization filesystem for containers"

Usage

lxcfs <directory>

Overview

lxcfs is a FUSE-based proc, sys virtualizing filesystem

Options :

-d, --debug

Run lxcfs with debugging enabled

-f, --foreground

Run lxcfs in the foreground

-h, --help

Print help

-l, --enable-loadavg Enable loadavg virtualization

-o

Options to pass directly through fuse

-p, --pidfile=FILE

Path to use for storing lxcfs pid Default pidfile is /run/lxcfs.pid

-u, --disable-swap

Disable swap virtualization

-v, --version

Print lxcfs version

--enable-cfs

Enable CPU virtualization via CPU shares

--enable-pidfd

Use pidfd for process tracking

--runtime-dir=DIR

Path to use as the runtime directory. Default is /run

Releases

6 releases since Debian 9 (Stretch); the text changed 5 times.

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

--debug since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --disable-swap since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --enable-cfs since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --enable-pidfd since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --foreground since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --help since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --pidfile since Debian 11 (Bullseye); --runtime-dir since Debian 13 (Trixie); --version since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -d since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -f since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -h since Debian 13 (Trixie); -o since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -p since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -u since Debian 11 (Bullseye); -v since Debian 11 (Bullseye).

--enable-cgroup until Debian 13 (Trixie); -n until Debian 12 (Bookworm).

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