lxc-create(1)lxc-create(1)NAMElxc-create - creates a container
SYNOPSISlxc-create {-n name} [-f config_file] [-t template] [-B backingstore]
[-- template-options]
DESCRIPTIONlxc-create creates a system object where is stored the configuration
informations and where can be stored user information. The identifier
name is used to specify the container to be used with the different lxc
commands.
The object is a directory created in /var/lib/lxc and identified by its
name.
The object is the definition of the different resources an application
can use or can see. The more the configuration file contains informa‐
tions, the more the container is isolated and the more the application
is jailed.
If the configuration file config_file is not specified, the container
will be created with the default isolation: processes, sysv ipc and
mount points.
OPTIONS-f config_file
Specify the configuration file to configure the virtualization
and isolation functionalities for the container.
-t template
'template' is the short name of an existing 'lxc-template'
script that is called by lxc-create, eg. busybox, debian, fedo‐
ra, ubuntu or sshd. Refer to the examples in
/usr/share/lxc/templates for details of the expected script
structure. Alternatively, the full path to an executable tem‐
plate script can also be passed as a parameter.
-B backingstore
'backingstore' is one of 'none', 'dir', 'lvm', or 'btrfs'. The
default is 'none', meaning that the container root filesystem
will be a directory under /var/lib/lxc/container/rootfs. 'dir'
has the same meaning as 'none', but also allows the optional
--dir ROOTFS to be specified, meaning that the container rootfs
should be placed under the specified path, rather than the de‐
fault. The option 'btrfs' need not be specified as it will be
used automatically if the /var/lib/lxc filesystem is found to be
btrfs. If backingstore is 'lvm', then an lvm block device will
be used and the following further options are available: --lv‐
name lvname1 will create an LV named lvname1 rather than the de‐
fault, which is the container name. --vgname vgname1 will create
the LV in volume group vgname1 rather than the default, lxc.
--fstype FSTYPE will create an FSTYPE filesystem on the LV,
rather than the default, which is ext4. --fssize SIZE will cre‐
ate a LV (and filesystem) of size SIZE rather than the default,
which is 1G.
-- template-options
This will pass template-options to the template as arguments. To
see the list of options supported by the template, you can run
lxc-create-t TEMPLATE -h.
DIAGNOSTIC
The container already exists
As the message mention it, you try to create a container but
there is a container with the same name. You can use the lxc-ls
-l command to list the available containers on the system.
SEE ALSOlxc(1), lxc-create(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc-
execute(1), lxc-kill(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-wait(1),
lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-ps(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-
unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)AUTHOR
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>
Tue Jul 9 14:17:14 CDT 2013 lxc-create(1)
