lxctl(8) utility to manage Linux Containers (LXC)

DESCRIPTION

Usage:

lxctl [action] [vmname] [options]

OPTIONS

--help
Print a breif help message and exists
--man
Prints the manual page and exits.
start
Starts container specified in 1st argument
Required arguments:
vmname - name of the container
stop
Stops container specified in 1st argument
Required arguments:
vmname - name of the container
create
Creates container.
Required arguments:
vmname - name of the container
Optional arguments:
--ipaddr - IP address of the machine
--mask/netmask - network mask of the machine
--defgw - default gateway of the machine
--dns - primary DNS server
--ostemplate - template name, by default it is 'lucid_amd64'
--config - path to configuration file, by default /etc/lxc/<container name> is used
--root - path to root file system, by default /var/lib/lxctl/<container name> is used
--addpkg - list of additional packages (comma-separated)
--pkgopt - list of additional packet manager options (space-separated, but as one argument)
--rootsz - size of logical volume for root FS, by default it is 10G
--hostname - sets the hostname of the machine, by default <container name> is used
--searchdomain - set a custom searchdomain in /etc/resolv.conf
--macaddr - set the custom mac address of the container
--autostart - autostart container each reboot host machine
--no-save - do not save yaml config for new container, by default $CONF_PATH/vmname.yaml is used
--load - create container from yaml config
--debug - show more information about install process
--tz - set custom timezone (Europe/Moscow, UTC, etc)
--empty - create a clear container for migrate here
set
Changes container parameters.
Required arguments:
vmname - name of the container
Optional arguments:
--rootsz - increment of size of logical volume for root FS
--ipaddr - IP address if the machine
--mask/netmask - network mask of the machine
--defgw - default gateway of the machine
--dns - primary DNS server
--hostname - sets the hostname of the machine
--searchdomain - set a custom searchdomain in /etc/resolv.conf
--macaddr - set the custom mac address if the machine
--userpasswd user:passwd - sets password for given user
--onboot {yes,no} - makes containet [do not] start at boot
--tz - set custom timezone (Europe/Moscow, UTC, etc)
--cpu-shares - sets the CPU share of the container
--cpus - sets the CPU cores of the container
--mem - sets the memory share of the container (in bytes!)
--io - sets the IO share of the container
freeze
Freezes container
Required arguments:
vmname - name of the container
unfreeze
Unfreezes container
Required arguments:
vmname - name of the container
list
Lists all containers
Optional arguments:
--ipaddr - display with IP addr
--hostname - display with hostname.
--cgroup - display with cgroup
--mount - display with mount point for rootfs
--diskspace - display with free/full size
--all - display all information
--raw - display only vmnames
migrate Migrate container from localhost to remote host.
Required arguments
--vmname - container name
--tohost - to which host we should migrate
Optional arguments
--remuser - remote username for ssh
--remport - remote port for ssh
--remname - remote container name
--onboot - start on boot? 1 or 0
--userpasswd - 'user:password' formatted password for user
--clone - cloning, a little bit faster and softer then simple migration
--rootsz - remote root fs size
--afterstart - start local container again after migration
--cpus - cpus allocated to container
--cpu-shares - cpu time share of the container
--mem - memory limit of the container
--io - IO throughput
--ipaddr - IP of the remote container
--searchdomain - DNS search domain of the container
--netmask - network mask
--defgw - default gateway
--dns - DNS server
vz2lxc
Migrate VZ-container from remote host to local LXC container.
Required arguments
--vmname - container name
--fromhost - from which host we should migrate
--remname - remote container name
Optional arguments
--remuser - remote username for ssh
--remport - remote port for ssh
--onboot - start on boot? 1 or 0
--rootsz - remote root fs size
--afterstart - start local container again after migration
--cpus - cpus allocated to container
--cpu-shares - cpu time share of the container
--mem - memory limit of the container
--io - IO throughput