]> @LXC_GENERATE_DATE@ lxc-start-ephemeral 1 lxc-start-ephemeral start an ephemeral copy of an existing container lxc-start-ephemeral -o -n -d --bdir --user --key --storage-type --union-type --keep-data COMMAND lxc-start-ephemeral start an ephemeral copy of an existing container. -o, --orig orig Original container name -n, --name name Name of the ephemeral container (defaults to a random suffix). -d, --daemon Start the container in background and print the name and IP. This option can't be used if a command is passed. -b, --bdir bdir Directory to bind mount into container. Can be passed multiple times. -u, --user user The user to connect to the container as. Used when passing a command to lxc-start-ephemeral. -S, --key key Copy the provided SSH public key into the container. -s, --storage-type storage type Specify the type of storage used by the container. Valid types are tmpfs or dir. -U, --union-type union type Force a specific union file system. Can be one of: overlayfs aufs -k, --keep-data Use a persistent backend instead of tmpfs. With this option, you can lxc-stop and lxc-start the no longer so ephemeral container (it's still an overlay, but a persistent one). COMMAND Immediately run the provided command in the container. This uses attach if the kernel supports it, otherwise uses ssh. This is incompatible with daemon mode. lxc-start 1 , lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1 Simply start an ephemeral container and attach to the console. This container will be based on existing container "p1". lxc-start-ephemeral -o p1 -n p1-ephemeral -d Start an ephemeral container based on p1 called p1-ephemeral and print its IP and name to the console instead of attaching. lxc-start-ephemeral is deprecated in favor of lxc-copy. &seealso; Stéphane Graber stgraber@ubuntu.com