lxc-start(1)lxc-start(1)NAMElxc-start - run an application inside a container.
SYNOPSISlxc-start {-n name} [-f config_file] [-c console_device] [-L
console_logfile] [-d] [-p pid_file] [-s KEY=VAL] [-C]
[command]
DESCRIPTIONlxc-start runs the specified command inside the container specified by
name.
It will setup the container according to the configuration previously
defined with the lxc-create command or with the configuration file pa‐
rameter. If no configuration is defined, the default isolation is
used.
If no command is specified, lxc-start will use the default "/sbin/init"
command to run a system container.
OPTIONS-d, --daemon
Run the container as a daemon. As the container has no more tty,
if an error occurs nothing will be displayed, the log file can
be used to check the error.
-p, --pidfile pid_file
Create a file with the process id.
-f, --rcfile config_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).
-c, --console console_device
Specify a device to use for the container's console, for example
/dev/tty8. If this option is not specified the current terminal
will be used unless -d is specified.
-L, --console-log console_logfile
Specify a file to log the container's console output to.
-s, --define KEY=VAL
Assign value VAL to configuration variable KEY. This overrides
any assignment done in config_file.
-C, --close-all-fds
If any file descriptors are inherited, close them. If this op‐
tion is not specified, then lxc-start will exit with failure in‐
stead. Note: --daemon implies --close-all-fds.
COMMON OPTIONS
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, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO,
DEBUG.
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.
DIAGNOSTIC
The container is busy
The specified container is already running an application. You
should stop it before reuse this container or create a new one.
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-start(1)
