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This article describes how to perform checkpoint-restore for an LXC container.
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This article describes how to perform checkpoint-restore for an LXC container. There are two ways to do this, the first part of the article describes how to dump a container with LXC directly, and the second part describes how to do it using tools under development in LXC upstream.
    
== Preparing a Linux Container ==
 
== Preparing a Linux Container ==
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   ... doesn't have a proper root mount
 
   ... doesn't have a proper root mount
 
consider using the <code>--ext-mount-map</code> option
 
consider using the <code>--ext-mount-map</code> option
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== Using LXC Upstream tools ==
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LXC upstream has begun to integrate checkpoint/restore support through the lxc-checkpoint tool. Although this functionality is not in any released version of LXC yet, you can check out the development version on Ubuntu by doing:
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-lxc/daily
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sudo apt-get update
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sudo apt-get install lxc
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</pre>
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Next, create a container:
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<pre>
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sudo lxc-create -t ubuntu -n u1 -- -r trusty -a amd64
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</pre>
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And add the following lines (as above) to its config:
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cat | sudo tee -a /var/lib/lxc/u1/config << EOF
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# hax for criu
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lxc.console = none
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lxc.tty = 0
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lxc.cgroup.devices.deny = c 5:1 rwm
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EOF
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</pre>
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Finally, start, and checkpoint the container:
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sudo lxc-start -n u1
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sleep 5s  # let the container get to a more interesting state
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sudo lxc-checkpoint -s -D /tmp/checkpoint -n u1
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</pre>
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At this point, the container's state is stored in /tmp/checkpoint, and the filesystem is in /var/lib/lxc/u1/rootfs. You can restore the container by doing:
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sudo lxc-checkpoint -r -D /tmp/checkpoint -n u1
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</pre>
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And then, get your container's IP and ssh in:
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ssh ubuntu@$(sudo lxc-info -i -H -n u1)
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</pre>
    
[[Category: HOWTO]]
 
[[Category: HOWTO]]