LXC-CHECKPOINT(1)

NAME
lxc-checkpoint - checkpoint a container

SYNOPSIS
lxc-checkpoint -n name -D PATH [ -r ] [ -s ] [ -v ] [ -d ] [ -F ]

DESCRIPTION

lxc-checkpoint checkpoints and restores containers.

OPTIONS

-r, --restore
    Restore the checkpoint for the container, instead of dumping it. This option is incompatible with -s.

-D PATH, --checkpoint-dir=PATH
    The directory to dump the checkpoint metadata.

-s, --stop
    Optionally stop the container after dumping. This option is incompatible with -r.

-v, --verbose
    Enable verbose criu logging.

-d, --daemon
    Restore the container in the background (this is the default). Only available when providing -r.

-F, --foreground
    Restore the container in the foreground. Only available when providing -r.

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, ALERT, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, 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 effect 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 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).

--version
    Show the version number.

EXAMPLES

lxc-checkpoint -n foo -D /tmp/checkpoint
    Checkpoint the container foo into the directory /tmp/checkpoint.

lxc-checkpoint -r -n foo -D /tmp/checkpoint
    Restore the checkpoint from the directory /tmp/checkpoint.

SEE ALSO

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)

AUTHOR

Tycho Andersen <tycho.andersen@canonical.com>