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.TH "LXC-CREATE" "1" "20 May 2011" "" ""
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lxc-create \- creates a container
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\fBlxc-create \fI-n name\fB
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\fBlxc-create\fR creates a system object where is
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stored the configuration informations and where can be stored
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user information. The identifier \fIname\fR
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is used to specify the container to be used with the different
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The object is a directory created in \fI/var/lib/lxc\fR
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and identified by its name.
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The 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 \fIconfig_file\fR
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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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\fB -f \fIconfig_file\fB \fR
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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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\fB -t \fItemplate\fB \fR
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\&'template' is the short name of an existing 'lxc-template'
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script that is called by lxc-create,
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eg. busybox, debian, fedora, lucid, maverick, natty or sshd.
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Refer to the examples in \fI/usr/lib64/lxc/templates\fR
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for details of the expected script structure.
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\fBThe container already exists\fR
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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 \fBlxc-ls -l\fR command to list the
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available containers on the system.
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\fBlxc-unfreeze\fR(1),
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