lxc-wait - Man Page

wait for a specific container state

Synopsis

lxc-wait {-n name} {-s states}

Description

lxc-wait waits for a specific container state before exiting, this is useful for scripting.

Options

-s, --state states: Specify the container state(s) to wait for. The container states can be ORed to specify several states.
-t, --timeout timeout: Wait timeout seconds for desired state to be reached.

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.

Examples

lxc-wait -n foo -s RUNNING: exits when 'RUNNING' is reached.
lxc-wait -n foo -s 'RUNNING|STOPPED': exits when 'RUNNING' or 'STOPPED' state is reached.

Diagnostic

The container was not found: The specified container was not created before with the lxc-create command.