Linux Container commands¶

The following are some useful commands to manage LXC:

• List containers and summary information such as operational state and network configuration:

  # lxc-ls --fancy
  

• Show container details including operational state, resource utilization, and veth pairs:

  # lxc-info --name container_name
  

• Start a container:

  # lxc-start --name container_name
  

• Attach to a container:

  # lxc-attach --name container_name
  

• Stop a container:

  # lxc-stop --name container_name