lxc-ls — list the containers existing on the system
Synopsis
lxc-ls [-1] [--active] [--frozen] [--running] [--stopped] [--defined] [-f] [-F format] [-g groups] [--nesting=NUM] [--filter=regex]
Description
lxc-ls list the containers existing on the system.
Options
- -1
Show one entry per line. (default when /dev/stdout isn't a tty)
- --active
- --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.
Examples
- 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.
Common Options
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.
See Also
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)
History
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.
Referenced By
lxc(7), lxc-attach(1), lxc-autostart(1), lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-checkconfig(1), lxc-checkpoint(1), lxc-config(1), lxc-console(1), lxc.container.conf(5), lxc-copy(1), lxc-create(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-device(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-snapshot(1), lxc-start(1), lxc-stop(1), lxc.system.conf(5), lxc-top(1), lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc-unshare(1), lxc-update-config(1), lxc-usernsexec(1), lxc-wait(1).