Configuration
-------------
-The '/etc/pve/lxc/<CTID>.conf' files stores container configuration,
-where '<CTID>' is the numeric ID of the given container. Note that
-CTIDs < 100 are reserved for internal purposes, and CTIDs need to be
-unique cluster wide. Files are stored inside '/etc/pve/', so they get
-automatically replicated to all other cluster nodes.
+The '/etc/pve/lxc/<CTID>.conf' file stores container configuration,
+where '<CTID>' is the numeric ID of the given container. Like all
+other files stored inside '/etc/pve/', they get automatically
+replicated to all other cluster nodes.
+
+NOTE: CTIDs < 100 are reserved for internal purposes, and CTIDs need to be
+unique cluster wide.
.Example Container Configuration
----
local storage inside containers with zero overhead. Such bind mounts
also provide an easy way to share data between different containers.
+Container Mountpoints
+---------------------
+
+Beside the root directory the container can also have additional mountpoints.
+Currently there are basically three types of mountpoints: storage backed
+mountpoints, bind mounts and device mounts.
+
+Storage backed mountpoints are managed by the {pve} storage subsystem and come
+in three different flavors:
+
+- Image based: These are raw images containing a single ext4 formatted file
+ system.
+- ZFS Subvolumes: These are technically bind mounts, but with managed storage,
+ and thus allow resizing and snapshotting.
+- Directories: passing `size=0` triggers a special case where instead of a raw
+ image a directory is created.
+
+Bind mounts are considered to not be managed by the storage subsystem, so you
+cannot make snapshots or deal with quotas from inside the container, and with
+unprivileged containers you might run into permission problems caused by the
+user mapping, and cannot use ACLs from inside an unprivileged container.
+
+Similarly device mounts are not managed by the storage, but for these the
+`quota` and `acl` options will be honored.
+
+WARNING: Because of existing issues in the Linux kernel's freezer
+subsystem the usage of FUSE mounts inside a container is strongly
+advised against, as containers need to be frozen for suspend or
+snapshot mode backups. If FUSE mounts cannot be replaced by other
+mounting mechanisms or storage technologies, it is possible to
+establish the FUSE mount on the Proxmox host and use a bind
+mountpoint to make it accessible inside the container.
+
+Using quotas inside containers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Quotas allow to set limits inside a container for the amount of disk space
+that each user can use.
+This only works on ext4 image based storage types and currently does not work
+with unprivileged containers.
+
+Activating the `quota` option causes the following mount options to be used for
+a mountpoint: `usrjquota=aquota.user,grpjquota=aquota.group,jqfmt=vfsv0`
+
+This allows quotas to be used like you would on any other system. You can
+initialize the `/aquota.user` and `/aquota.group` files by running
+
+ quotacheck -cmug /
+ quotaon /
+
+and edit the quotas via the `edquota` command. Refer to the documentation
+of the distribution running inside the container for details.
+
+NOTE: You need to run the above commands for every mountpoint by passing
+the mountpoint's path instead of just `/`.
+
+Using ACLs inside containers
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The standard Posix Access Control Lists are also available inside containers.
+ACLs allow you to set more detailed file ownership than the traditional user/
+group/others model.
+
+
+Container Network
+-----------------
+
+TODO
+
Managing Containers with 'pct'
------------------------------
like network configuration or memory limits.
CLI Usage Examples
-------------------
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Create a container based on a Debian template (provided you have
already downloaded the template via the webgui)
Configuration file for the container '<CTID>'.
-Container Mountpoints
----------------------
-
-Beside the root directory the container can also have additional mountpoints.
-Currently there are basically three types of mountpoints: storage backed
-mountpoints, bind mounts and device mounts.
-
-Storage backed mountpoints are managed by the {pve} storage subsystem and come
-in three different flavors:
-
-- Image based: These are raw images containing a single ext4 formatted file
- system.
-- ZFS Subvolumes: These are technically bind mounts, but with managed storage,
- and thus allow resizing and snapshotting.
-- Directories: passing `size=0` triggers a special case where instead of a raw
- image a directory is created.
-
-Bind mounts are considered to not be managed by the storage subsystem, so you
-cannot make snapshots or deal with quotas from inside the container, and with
-unprivileged containers you might run into permission problems caused by the
-user mapping, and cannot use ACLs from inside an unprivileged container.
-
-Similarly device mounts are not managed by the storage, but for these the
-`quota` and `acl` options will be honored.
-
-
Container Advantages
--------------------
- CRIU: for live migration (planned)
-- We use latest available kernels (4.2.X)
+- We use latest available kernels (4.4.X)
- Image based deployment (templates)
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