lxc-checkpoint − checkpoint a container
lxc-checkpoint {-n name} {-D PATH} [-r] [-s] [-v] [-d] [-F]
lxc-checkpoint checkpoints and restores containers.
−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.
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, ALERT, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG, TRACE.
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.
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.
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)
Tycho Andersen <[email protected]>