lxc-start-ephemeral (1)

NAME

lxc-start-ephemeral - start an ephemeral copy of an existing container

SYNOPSIS

lxc-start-ephemeral [-o] [-n] [-d] [--bdir] [--user] [--key] [--storage-type] [--union-type] [--keep-data] [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

lxc-start-ephemeral start an ephemeral copy of an existing container.

OPTIONS

-o, --orig orig

Original container name

-n, --name name

Name of the ephemeral container (defaults to a random suffix).

-d, --daemon

Start the container in background and print the name and IP. This option can't be used if a command is passed.

-b, --bdir bdir

Directory to bind mount into container. Can be passed multiple times.

-u, --user user

The user to connect to the container as. Used when passing a command to lxc-start-ephemeral.

-S, --key key

Copy the provided SSH public key into the container.

-s, --storage-type storage type

Specify the type of storage used by the container. Valid types are tmpfs or dir.

-U, --union-type union type

Force a specific union file system. Can be one of: overlayfs aufs

-k, --keep-data

Use a persistent backend instead of tmpfs. With this option, you can lxc-stop and lxc-start the no longer so ephemeral container (it's still an overlay, but a persistent one).

COMMAND

Immediately run the provided command in the container. This uses attach if the kernel supports it, otherwise uses ssh. This is incompatible with daemon mode.

SEE ALSO

lxc-start(1),

EXAMPLES

lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1

Simply start an ephemeral container and attach to the console. This container will be based on existing container "p1".

lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1 -n p1-ephemeral -d

Start an ephemeral container based on p1 called p1-ephemeral and print its IP and name to the console instead of attaching.

NOTES

lxc-start-ephemeral is deprecated in favor of lxc-copy.

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

St'ephane Graber <stgraber@ubuntu.com>