NAME

       lxc-start - run an application inside a container.

SYNOPSIS

       lxc-start {-n name} [-f config_file] [-c console_device] [-L console_logfile] [-d] [-F] [-p pid_file] [-s
                 KEY=VAL] [-C] [--share-[net|ipc|uts] name|pid] [command]

DESCRIPTION

       lxc-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 parameter.  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 contain‐
       er.

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.

       -F, --foreground
              Run  the  container in the foreground. In this mode, the container console will be attached to the
              current tty and signals will be routed directly to the container. (This is the default mode)

       -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 option is not specified, then lxc-start
              will exit with failure instead. Note: --daemon implies --close-all-fds.

       --share-net name|pid
              Inherit a network namespace from a name container or a pid. The network namespace will continue to
              be  managed  by the original owner. The network configuration of the starting container is ignored
              and the up/down scripts won't be executed.

       --share-ipc name|pid
              Inherit an IPC namespace from a name container or a pid.

       --share-uts name|pid
              Inherit a UTS namespace from a name container or a pid. The starting LXC will not  set  the  host‐
              name, but the container OS may do it anyway.

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.

       --version
              Show the version number.

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 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

       Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>

                                                   2017-08-01                                       lxc-start(1)