LXC-CHECKPOINT(1)

NAME
lxc-checkpoint - checkpoint a running container (not implemented yet)

SYNOPSIS
lxc-checkpoint --statefile=FILE --statefd=FD --name=NAME [ -k|-p ]

DESCRIPTION

lxc-checkpoint is a command to checkpoint the specified container NAME and dumps its state into the file FILE. If the option --kill is specified, the application running in the container will terminate after the checkpoint just before resuming its execution. If the option --pause is specified, the application will be stopped after the checkpoint just before resuming execution. The command lxc-unfreeze will resume its execution.

CHECKPOINT OPTIONS

-S, --statefile=FILE
    write the state of the container in this FILE. This option is exclusive with --statefd below.

-d, --statefd=FD
    write the state of the container in this FD file descriptor. This option is exclusive with above --statefile.

-k,--kill
    Kill container processes after checkpoint. the processes are sent a SIGKILL signal. This option is mutually exclusive with the following --pause option.

-p,--pause
    Pause container processes after checkpoint. The container will be stopped until you resume it. This option is mutually exclusive with previously mentionned --kill option.

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

-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.

EXAMPLES

To start a new container 123 computing decimals of pi
      lxc-execute -n 123 -- pi1 -d 500000
      lxc-execute --name=123 -- pi1 -d 500000

to checkpoint the same container in dump-death mode
      lxc-checkpoint -n 123 -S /share/123/chkpt1 -k
      lxc-checkpoint --name=123 -S /share/123/chkpt1 -k

to checkpoint the same container and pause it
      lxc-checkpoint -n 123 -S /share/123/chkpt1 -p
      lxc-checkpoint --name=123 -S /share/123/chkpt1 -p

NOTES

Actually, this command does not operate. Its description helps to define a CLI api for future Checkpoint / Restart solution

SEE ALSO

lxc(1), lxc-create(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-kill(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-wait(1), lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-ps(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc.conf(5)

AUTHOR

Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>