lxc-ls - Man Page

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: 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.

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, 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.

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.