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lxc-checkpoint

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
COMMON OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO

NAME

lxc-checkpoint - 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, 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.

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)