lxc-destroy - destroy a container.
lxc-destroy
{-n name} [-f] [-s]
lxc-destroy destroys the system object previously created
by the lxc-create command.
- -f, --force
- If a container is running, stop it first. If this option is not specified
and the container is running, then lxc-destroy will be
aborted.
- -s, --snapshots
- destroy the specified container including all its snapshots.
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, ALERT, CRIT, WARN, ERROR, NOTICE, INFO,
DEBUG, TRACE.
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.
- The container was not
found
- The specified container for destruction was not found. It is probable it
does not exists and was already destroyed.You can use the lxc-ls
command to list the available containers on the system.
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)
Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@free.fr>