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<refmeta>

<refentrytitle>lxc-autostart</refentrytitle>

<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

</refmeta>

<refnamediv>

<refname>lxc-autostart</refname>

<refpurpose>

start/stop/kill auto-started containers

</refpurpose>

</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>

<cmdsynopsis>

<command>lxc-autostart</command>

<arg choice="opt">-k</arg>

<arg choice="opt">-L</arg>

<arg choice="opt">-r</arg>

<arg choice="opt">-s</arg>

<arg choice="opt">-a</arg>

<arg choice="opt">-A</arg>

<arg choice="opt">-g <replaceable>groups</replaceable></arg>

<arg choice="opt">-t <replaceable>timeout</replaceable></arg>

</cmdsynopsis>

</refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1>

<title>Description</title>

<para>

<command>lxc-autostart</command> processes containers

with lxc.start.auto set. It lets the user start, shutdown,

kill, restart containers in the right order, waiting the

right time. Supports filtering by lxc.group or just run

against all defined containers. It can also be used by

external tools in list mode where no action will be performed

and the list of affected containers (and if relevant, delays)

will be shown.

</para>

<para>

The <optional>-r</optional>, <optional>-s</optional>

and <optional>-k</optional> options specify the action to perform.

If none is specified, then the containers will be started.

<optional>-a</optional> and <optional>-g</optional> are used to

specify which containers will be affected. By default only

containers without a lxc.group set will be affected.

<optional>-t TIMEOUT</optional> specifies the maximum amount

of time to wait for the container to complete the shutdown

or reboot.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1>

<title>Options</title>

<variablelist>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>-r,--reboot </option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Request a reboot of the container.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>-s,--shutdown </option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Request a clean shutdown. If a

<optional>-t timeout</optional> greater than 0 is

given and the container has not shut down within

this period, it will be killed as with the

<optional>-k kill</optional> option.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>-k,--kill </option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Rather than requesting a clean shutdown of the

container, explicitly kill all tasks in the container.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>-L,--list </option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Rather than performing the action, just print

the container name.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>-t,--timeout <replaceable>TIMEOUT</replaceable></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Wait TIMEOUT seconds before hard-stopping the container.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>-g,--group <replaceable>GROUP</replaceable></option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Comma separate list of groups to select

(defaults to those without a lxc.group).

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>-a,--all</option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Ignore lxc.group and select all auto-started containers.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term>

<option>-A,--ignore-auto</option>

</term>

<listitem>

<para>

Ignore the lxc.start.auto flag. Combined with

-a, will select all containers on the system.

</para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

</variablelist>

</refsect1>

&seealso;

<refsect1>

<title>Author</title>

<para>Stéphane Graber <email>stgraber@ubuntu.com</email></para>

</refsect1>

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