lxc-checkpoint (1)
NAME
lxc-checkpoint - checkpoint a container
SYNOPSIS
lxc-checkpoint
{-n
name} {-D
PATH} [-r] [-s] [-v] [-d] [-F]
DESCRIPTION
lxc-checkpoint checkpoints and restores containers.
OPTIONS
- -r, --restore
-
Restore the checkpoint for the container, instead of dumping it.
This option is incompatible with -s.
- -D PATH, --checkpoint-dir=PATH
-
The directory to dump the checkpoint metadata.
- -s, --stop
-
Optionally stop the container after dumping. This option is
incompatible with -r.
- -v, --verbose
-
Enable verbose criu logging.
- -d, --daemon
-
Restore the container in the background (this is the default).
Only available when providing -r.
- -F, --foreground
-
Restore the container in the foreground. Only available when
providing -r.
COMMON OPTIONS
These options are common to most of lxc commands.
- -?, -h, --help
-
Print a longer usage message than normal.
- --usage
-
Give the usage message
- -q, --quiet
-
mute on
- -P, --lxcpath=PATH
-
Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
- -o, --logfile=FILE
-
Output to an alternate log
FILE. The default is no log.
- -l, --logpriority=LEVEL
-
Set log priority to
LEVEL. The default log
priority is ERROR. Possible values are :
FATAL, CRIT,
WARN, ERROR,
NOTICE, INFO,
DEBUG.
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.
- -n, --name=NAME
-
Use container identifier NAME.
The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.
- --rcfile=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).
- --version
-
Show the version number.
EXAMPLES
- lxc-checkpoint -n foo -D /tmp/checkpoint
-
Checkpoint the container foo into the directory /tmp/checkpoint.
- lxc-checkpoint -r -n foo -D /tmp/checkpoint
-
Restore the checkpoint from the directory /tmp/checkpoint.
SEE ALSO
lxc(7),
lxc-create(1),
lxc-copy(1),
lxc-destroy(1),
lxc-start(1),
lxc-stop(1),
lxc-execute(1),
lxc-console(1),
lxc-monitor(1),
lxc-wait(1),
lxc-cgroup(1),
lxc-ls(1),
lxc-info(1),
lxc-freeze(1),
lxc-unfreeze(1),
lxc-attach(1),
lxc.conf(5)
AUTHOR
Tycho Andersen <tycho.andersen@canonical.com>