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.TH "LXC-START" "1" "24 June 2010" "" ""
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lxc-start \- run an application inside a container.
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config_file] [-s KEY=VAL]
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\fBlxc-start\fR runs the specified
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\fIcommand\fR inside the container
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specified by \fIname\fR\&.
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It will setup the container
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according to the configuration previously defined with the
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lxc-create command or with the configuration file parameter.
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If no configuration is
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defined, the default isolation is used.
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The orphan process group
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and daemon are not supported by this command, use
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the \fBlxc-execute\fR command instead.
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If no command is specified, \fBlxc-start\fR will
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\fB"/sbin/init"\fR command to run a system
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Run the container as a daemon. As the container has no
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more tty, if an error occurs nothing will be displayed,
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the log file can be used to check the error.
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\fB -f, --rcfile \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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This configuration file if present will be used even if there is
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already a configuration file present in the previously created
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container (via lxc-create).
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\fB -s, --define \fIKEY=VAL\fB \fR
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Assign value \fIVAL\fR to configuration
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variable \fIKEY\fR\&. This overrides any
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assignment done in \fIconfig_file\fR\&.
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These options are common to most of lxc commands.
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Print a longer usage message than normal.
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Give the usage message
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\fB-o, --logfile=\fIFILE\fB\fR
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Output to an alternate log
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\fIFILE\fR\&. The default is no log.
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\fB-l, --logpriority=\fILEVEL\fB\fR
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\fILEVEL\fR\&. The default log
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priority is ERROR\&. Possible values are :
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Note that this option is setting the priority of the events
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log in the alternate log file. It do not have effect on the
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ERROR events log on stderr.
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\fB-n, --name=\fINAME\fB\fR
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Use container identifier \fINAME\fR\&.
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The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.
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\fBThe container is busy\fR
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The specified container is already running an
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application. You should stop it before reuse this
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container or create a new one.
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\fBlxc-execute\fR(1),
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\fBlxc-console\fR(1),
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\fBlxc-monitor\fR(1),
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\fBlxc-unfreeze\fR(1),
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Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>
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