lxc-start Command Examples

Start a container. More information: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/getting-started/.

• Start the lxc service:

systemctl start lxc-net

• Start a container:

sudo lxc-start {{container_name}}

• Start a container in the foreground:

sudo lxc-start {{container_name}} {{[-F|--foreground]]}

• Exit out of a foreground container (run this in a separate terminal):

sudo lxc-stop {{container_name}}

• Display help:

lxc-start {{[-?|--help]}}