lxc-snapshot(1) — Linux manual page

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lxc-snapshot(1)                                          lxc-snapshot(1)

NAME         top

       lxc-snapshot - Snapshot an existing container.

SYNOPSIS         top

       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]

DESCRIPTION         top

       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.

OPTIONS         top

       -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.

COMMON OPTIONS         top

       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.

SEE ALSO         top

       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)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the lxc (Linux containers) project.  Infor‐
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       ⟨http://linuxcontainers.org/⟩.  If you have a bug report for this
       manual page, send it to [email protected].
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                               2024-04-03                lxc-snapshot(1)