lxc-checkpoint(1) - checkpoint a container

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lxc-checkpoint(1)					     lxc-checkpoint(1)



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, 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.

       --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)

AUTHOR
       Tycho Andersen <[email protected]>



				  2018-06-01		     lxc-checkpoint(1)