lxc-checkpoint(1) 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.
--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.

AUTHOR

Tycho Andersen <[email protected]>