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lxc-start(1) lxc-start(1)
lxc-start - run an application inside a container.
lxc-start {-n name} [-f config_file] [-c console_device] [-L console_logfile] [-d] [-F] [-p pid_file] [-s KEY=VAL] [-C] [--share-[net|ipc|uts] name|pid] [command]
lxc-start runs the specified command inside the container speci‐ fied by name. It will setup the container according to the configuration previ‐ ously defined with the lxc-create command or with the configura‐ tion file parameter. If no configuration is defined, the default isolation is used. If no command is specified, lxc-start will use the command de‐ fined in lxc.init.cmd or if not set, the default "/sbin/init" command to run a system container.
-d, --daemon Run the container as a daemon. As the container has no more tty, if an error occurs nothing will be displayed, the log file can be used to check the error. (This is the default mode) -F, --foreground Run the container in the foreground. In this mode, the container console will be attached to the current tty and signals will be routed directly to the container. -p, --pidfile pid_file Create a file with the process id. -f, --rcfile config_file Specify the configuration file to configure the virtual‐ ization 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 pre‐ viously created container (via lxc-create). -c, --console console_device Specify a device to use for the container's console, for example /dev/tty8. If this option is not specified the current terminal will be used unless -d is specified. -L, --console-log console_logfile Specify a file to log the container's console output to. -s, --define KEY=VAL Assign value VAL to configuration variable KEY. This over‐ rides any assignment done in config_file. -C, --close-all-fds If any file descriptors are inherited, close them. If this option is not specified, then lxc-start will exit with failure instead. Note: --daemon implies --close-all-fds. --share-net name|pid Inherit a network namespace from a name container or a pid. The network namespace will continue to be managed by the original owner. The network configuration of the starting container is ignored and the up/down scripts won't be executed. --share-ipc name|pid Inherit an IPC namespace from a name container or a pid. --share-uts name|pid Inherit a UTS namespace from a name container or a pid. The starting LXC will not set the hostname, but the con‐ tainer OS may do it anyway.
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 ER‐ ROR. Possible values are : FATAL, ALERT, CRIT, WARN, ER‐ ROR, 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 ef‐ fect 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 virtual‐ ization 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 pre‐ viously created container (via lxc-create). --version Show the version number.
The container is busy The specified container is already running an application. You should stop it before reuse this container or create a new one.
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)
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Pages that refer to this page: lxc-attach(1), lxc-autostart(1), lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-checkconfig(1), lxc-checkpoint(1), lxc-config(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-copy(1), lxc-create(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-device(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-snapshot(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc-top(1), lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc-unshare(1), lxc-update-config(1), lxc-user-nic(1), lxc-usernsexec(1), lxc-wait(1), lxc.container.conf(5), lxc.system.conf(5), lxc(7)