1lxc-checkpoint(1)                                            lxc-checkpoint(1)
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NAME

6       lxc-checkpoint - checkpoint a container
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SYNOPSIS

9       lxc-checkpoint {-n name} {-D PATH} [-r] [-s] [-v] [-d] [-F]
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DESCRIPTION

12       lxc-checkpoint checkpoints and restores containers.
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OPTIONS

15       -r, --restore
16              Restore the checkpoint for the container, instead of dumping it.
17              This option is incompatible with -s.
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19       -D PATH, --checkpoint-dir=PATH
20              The directory to dump the checkpoint metadata.
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22       -s, --stop
23              Optionally stop the container after dumping. This option is  in‐
24              compatible with -r.
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26       -v, --verbose
27              Enable verbose criu logging.
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29       -d, --daemon
30              Restore  the  container in the background (this is the default).
31              Only available when providing -r.
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33       -F, --foreground
34              Restore the container in the  foreground.  Only  available  when
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COMMON OPTIONS

38       These options are common to most of lxc commands.
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40       -?, -h, --help
41              Print a longer usage message than normal.
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43       --usage
44              Give the usage message
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46       -q, --quiet
47              mute on
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49       -P, --lxcpath=PATH
50              Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
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52       -o, --logfile=FILE
53              Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.
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55       -l, --logpriority=LEVEL
56              Set  log  priority  to LEVEL. The default log priority is ERROR.
57              Possible values are : FATAL, ALERT, CRIT, WARN,  ERROR,  NOTICE,
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60              Note  that this option is setting the priority of the events log
61              in the alternate log file. It do not have effect  on  the  ERROR
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64       -n, --name=NAME
65              Use  container identifier NAME.  The container identifier format
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68       --rcfile=FILE
69              Specify the configuration file to configure  the  virtualization
70              and isolation functionalities for the container.
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72              This configuration file if present will be used even if there is
73              already a configuration file present in the  previously  created
74              container (via lxc-create).
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76       --version
77              Show the version number.
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EXAMPLES

80       lxc-checkpoint -n foo -D /tmp/checkpoint
81              Checkpoint the container foo into the directory /tmp/checkpoint.
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83       lxc-checkpoint -r -n foo -D /tmp/checkpoint
84              Restore the checkpoint from the directory /tmp/checkpoint.
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SEE ALSO

87       lxc(7),  lxc-create(1), lxc-copy(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-
88       stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1),  lxc-monitor(1),  lxc-wait(1),
89       lxc-cgroup(1),  lxc-ls(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1),
90       lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)
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AUTHOR

93       Tycho Andersen <tycho.andersen@canonical.com>
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97                                  2022-07-21                 lxc-checkpoint(1)
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