LXC-CGROUP(1)

NAME
lxc-cgroup - manage the control group associated with a container

SYNOPSIS
lxc-start -n name subsystem [value]

DESCRIPTION

lxc-cgroup get or set value from the control group associated with the container name. If no [value] is specified, the value of the subsystem is displayed, otherwise it is set. The lxc-cgroup does not assume the correctness of the subsystem name, it is up to the user to specify the right subsystem name.

OPTIONS

subsystem
    Specify the subsystem control group name.

[value]
    Specify the subsystem control group value to be set.

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

lxc-cgroup -n foo devices.list
    display the allowed devices to be used.

lxc-cgroup -n foo cpuset.cpus "0,3"
    assign the processors 0 and 3 to the container.

DIAGNOSTIC

The container was not found
    The container is not running.

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-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)

AUTHOR

Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>