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941N/AStéphane Graber <stgraber@ubuntu.com>
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1230N/A <refentrytitle>lxc-start-ephemeral</refentrytitle>
941N/A <refname>lxc-start-ephemeral</refname>
1286N/A start an ephemeral copy of an existing container
1715N/A <command>lxc-start-ephemeral</command>
941N/A <arg choice="opt">-d</arg>
941N/A <arg choice="opt">--bdir</arg>
941N/A <arg choice="opt">--user</arg>
941N/A <arg choice="opt">--key</arg>
941N/A <arg choice="opt">--union-type</arg>
3177N/A <arg choice="opt">--keep-data</arg>
1715N/A <arg choice="opt">COMMAND</arg>
941N/A <title>Description</title>
1682N/A <command>lxc-start-ephemeral</command> start an ephemeral copy of an
941N/A <option><optional>-n</optional></option>
941N/A Name of the ephemeral container (defaults to a random suffix).
941N/A <option><optional>-d</optional></option>
941N/A Start the container in background and print the name and IP.
941N/A This option can't be used if a command is passed.
1115N/A <option><optional>--bdir</optional></option>
941N/A Directory to bind mount into container.
941N/A Can be passed multiple times.
941N/A <option><optional>--user</optional></option>
941N/A The user to connect to the container as.
941N/A Used when passing a command to lxc-start-ephemeral.
1127N/A <option><optional>--key</optional></option>
1127N/A Copy the provided SSH public key into the container.
1728N/A <option><optional>--union-type</optional></option>
1661N/A Force a specific union file system.
1661N/A Can be one of: overlayfs aufs
1661N/A <option><optional>--keep-data</optional></option>
2185N/A Use a persistent backend instead of tmpfs.
2185N/A With this option, you can lxc-stop and lxc-start the no longer so
2185N/A ephemeral container (it's still an overlay, but a persistent one).
1431N/A <option><optional>COMMAND</optional></option>
941N/A Immediately run the provided command in the container.
3460N/A This currently uses ssh (not attach) and is incompatible
941N/A <title>See Also</title>
941N/A <refentrytitle>lxc-start</refentrytitle>
941N/A <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
941N/A <title>Examples</title>
1127N/A <term>lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1</term>
941N/A Simply start an ephemeral container and attach to the console.
1682N/A This container will be based on existing container "p1".
2453N/A <term>lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1 -n p1-ephemeral -d</term>
2453N/A Start an ephemeral container based on p1 called p1-ephemeral and
2453N/A print its IP and name to the console instead of attaching.
2453N/A <para>Stéphane Graber <email>stgraber@ubuntu.com</email></para>
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