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lxc: linux Container library
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(C) Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2008
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Daniel Lezcano <dlezcano at fr.ibm.com>
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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Lesser General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Davenport//DTD DocBook V3.0//EN">
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<docinfo><date>@LXC_GENERATE_DATE@</date></docinfo>
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<refentrytitle>lxc-create</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refname>lxc-create</refname>
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<command>lxc-create <replaceable>-n name</replaceable>
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<optional>-f config_file</optional></command>
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<title>Description</title>
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<command>lxc-create</command> creates a system object where is
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stored the configuration informations and where will be stored
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runtime information. The
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identifier <replaceable>name</replaceable> is used to
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specify the container to be used with the different lxc
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This object is the definition of the different resources an
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application can use or can see. The more the configuration file
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contains informations, the more the container is isolated and
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the more the application is jailed.
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If the configuration file <replaceable>config_file</replaceable>
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is not specified, the container will be created with the default
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isolation: processes, sysv ipc and mount points.
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<title>Options</title>
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<option>-n <replaceable>name</replaceable></option>
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Specify the container name to be created.
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<option>-f <replaceable>config_file</replaceable></option>
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Specify the configuration file to configure the virtualization
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and isolation functionalities for the container.
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<title>Diagnostic</title>
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<term>The container already exists</term>
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As the message mention it, you try to create a container
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but there is a container with the same name. You can use
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the <command>lxc-ls -l</command> command to list the
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available containers on the system.
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<title>See Also</title>
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<refentrytitle><command>lxc-destroy</command></refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refentrytitle><command>lxc-execute</command></refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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<refentrytitle><command>lxc.conf</command></refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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<title>Author</title>
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<para>Daniel Lezcano <email>daniel.lezcano@free.fr</email></para>
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