lxc-checkpoint
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NAME
lxc-checkpoint - checkpoint a containerSYNOPSIS
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>
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