NAME

       lxc-start-ephemeral - start an ephemeral copy of an existing container

SYNOPSIS

       lxc-start-ephemeral [-o] [-n] [-d] [--bdir] [--user] [--key] [--storage-type] [--union-type] [--keep-
                           data] [COMMAND]

DESCRIPTION

       lxc-start-ephemeral start an ephemeral copy of an existing container.

OPTIONS

       -o     Original container name

       [-n]   Name of the ephemeral container (defaults to a random suffix).

       [-d]   Start  the container in background and print the name and IP.  This option can't be used if a com‐
              mand is passed.

       [--bdir]
              Directory to bind mount into container.  Can be passed multiple times.

       [--user]
              The user to connect to the container as.  Used when passing a command to lxc-start-ephemeral.

       [--key]
              Copy the provided SSH public key into the container.

       [--storage-type]
              Specify the type of storage used by the container. Valid types are tmpfs or dir.

       [--union-type]
              Force a specific union file system.  Can be one of: overlayfs aufs

       [--keep-data]
              Use a persistent backend instead of tmpfs.  With this option, you can lxc-stop and  lxc-start  the
              no longer so ephemeral container (it's still an overlay, but a persistent one).

       [COMMAND]
              Immediately  run  the  provided command in the container.  This uses attach if the kernel supports
              it, otherwise uses ssh.  This is incompatible with daemon mode.

SEE ALSO

       lxc-start(1),

EXAMPLES

       lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1
              Simply start an ephemeral container and attach to the console.  This container will  be  based  on
              existing container "p1".

       lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1 -n p1-ephemeral -d
              Start an ephemeral container based on p1 called p1-ephemeral and print its IP and name to the con‐
              sole instead of attaching.

SEE ALSO

       lxc(7),  lxc-create(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-at‐
       tach(1), lxc.conf(5)

AUTHOR

       Stéphane Graber <stgraber@ubuntu.com>

                                                   2017-08-01                             lxc-start-ephemeral(1)