lxc-ls - list the containers existing on the system
lxc-ls
[-1] [--active] [--frozen] [--running] [--stopped] [--defined] [-f] [-F
format] [-g groups] [--nesting=NUM]
[--filter=regex]
lxc-ls list the containers existing on the system.
- -1
- Show one entry per line. (default when /dev/stdout isn't a tty)
- --active
- List only active containers (same as --frozen --running).
- --frozen
- List only frozen containers.
- --running
- List only running containers.
- --stopped
- List only stopped containers.
- --defined
- List only defined containers.
- -f,--fancy
- Use a fancy, column-based output.
- -F,--fancy-format
format
- Comma separated list of columns to show in the fancy output. The list of
accepted and default fields is listed in --help.
- -g,--groups
groups
- Comma separated list of groups the container must have to be displayed.
The parameter may be passed multiple times.
- --nesting=NUM
- Show nested containers. The number of nesting levels to be shown can be
specified by passing a number as argument.
- --filter=regex
- The regular expression passed to lxc-ls will be applied to the
container name. The format is a POSIX extended regular expression. It can
also be given as additional argument without explicitly using
--filter.
- lxc-ls --fancy
- list all the containers, listing one per line along with its name, state,
ipv4 and ipv6 addresses.
- lxc-ls --active
-1
- list active containers and display the list in one column.
These options are common to most of lxc commands.
- -?, -h, --help
- Print a longer usage message than normal.
- --usage
- Give the usage message
- -q, --quiet
- mute on
- -P,
--lxcpath=PATH
- Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.
- -o,
--logfile=FILE
- Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.
- -l,
--logpriority=LEVEL
- Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is ERROR.
Possible values are : FATAL, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO, DEBUG.
Note that this option is setting the priority of the events
log in the alternate log file. It do not have effect on the ERROR events
log on stderr.
- -n,
--name=NAME
- Use container identifier NAME. The container identifier format is
an alphanumeric string.
- --rcfile=FILE
- Specify the configuration file to configure the virtualization and
isolation functionalities for the container.
This configuration file if present will be used even if there
is already a configuration file present in the previously created
container (via lxc-create).
- --version
- Show the version number.
lxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-copy(1),
lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1),
lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1),
lxc-wait(1), lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1),
lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1),
lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)
Written originally as a shell script by Daniel Lezcano and Serge
Hallyn. Later reimplemented and extended in Python by Stéphane Graber
and then reimplemented and extended in C by Christian Brauner.
Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@mailbox.org>,
Stéphane Graber <stgraber@ubuntu.com>