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lxc-snapshot(1) lxc-snapshot(1)
lxc-snapshot - Snapshot an existing container.
lxc-snapshot {-n, --name name} [-c, --comment file] lxc-snapshot {-n, --name name} {-d, -destroy snapshot-name} lxc-snapshot {-n, --name name} {-L, --list } [-C, --showcomments ] lxc-snapshot {-n, --name name} {-r, -restore snapshot-name} [-N, --newname newname]
lxc-snapshot creates, lists, and restores container snapshots. Snapshots are stored as snapshotted containers under the contain‐ er's configuration path. For instance, if the container's config‐ uration path is /var/lib/lxc and the container is c1, then the first snapshot will be stored as container snap0 under the path /var/lib/lxc/c1/snaps. If /var/lib/lxcsnaps, as used by LXC 1.0, already exists, then it will continue to be used.
-c,--comment comment_file Associate the comment in comment_file with the newly cre‐ ated snapshot. -d,--destroy snapshot-name Destroy the named snapshot. If the named snapshot is ALL, then all snapshots will be destroyed. -L,--list List existing snapshots. -C,--showcomments Show snapshot comments in the snapshots listings. -r,--restore snapshot-name Restore the named snapshot, meaning a full new container is created which is a copy of the snapshot. -N, --newname When restoring a snapshot, the last optional argument if not given explicitly via --newname is the name to use for the restored container. If the newname is identical to the original name of the container, then the original contain‐ er will be destroyed and the restored container will take its place. Note that deleting the original snapshot is not possible in the case of overlayfs or zfs backed snapshots.
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.
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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