lxc-start-ephemeral(1)

NAME
lxc-start-ephemeral - start an ephemeral copy of an existing container

SYNOPSIS
lxc-start-ephemeral
[-o] [-n] [-d] [--bdir] [--user] [--key] [--storage-type] [--union-type] [--keep-data] [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION
lxc-start-ephemeral start an ephemeral copy of an existing container.

OPTIONS

\FC-o\F[]
    Original container name

\FC[-n]\F[]
    Name of the ephemeral container (defaults to a random suffix).

\FC[-d]\F[]
    Start the container in background and print the name and IP. This option can't be used if a command is passed.

\FC[--bdir]\F[]
    Directory to bind mount into container. Can be passed multiple times.

\FC[--user]\F[]
    The user to connect to the container as. Used when passing a command to lxc-start-ephemeral.

\FC[--key]\F[]
    Copy the provided SSH public key into the container.

\FC[--storage-type]\F[]
    Specify the type of storage used by the container. Valid types are tmpfs or dir.

\FC[--union-type]\F[]
    Force a specific union file system. Can be one of: overlayfs aufs

\FC[--keep-data]\F[]
    Use a persistent backend instead of tmpfs. With this option, you can lxc-stop and lxc-start the no longer so ephemeral container (it's still an overlay, but a persistent one).

\FC[COMMAND]\F[]
    Immediately run the provided command in the container. This uses attach if the kernel supports it, otherwise uses ssh. This is incompatible with daemon mode.

SEE ALSO
lxc-start(1),

EXAMPLES

lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1
    Simply start an ephemeral container and attach to the console. This container will be based on existing container "p1".

lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1 -n p1-ephemeral -d
    Start an ephemeral container based on p1 called p1-ephemeral and print its IP and name to the console instead of attaching.

SEE ALSO
lxc(7), lxc-create(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
Stéphane Graber <\FCstgraber@ubuntu.com\F[]>