NAME¶

lxc-checkpoint - checkpoint a container

SYNOPSIS¶

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.