[Lxc-users] lxc-destroy erase rootfs

[Papp Tamas]

On 02/10/2013 12:06 AM, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
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> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 8:34 AM, Papp Tamas <tompos at martos.bme.hu <mailto:tompos at martos.bme.hu>> wrote:
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>     On 02/09/2013 12:41 AM, Serge Hallyn wrote:>> Or just suggest a way to modify containers
>     configuration.
>      >
>      > Sorry, can you elaborate?  You can modify configuration using the
>      > API (in C, python, or, iiuc, lua).  You can edit the configuration
>      > file by hand...  If there is more you'd like, please do propose it,
>      > sounds interesting.
>
>     Right now when the configuration file is modified, the container has to be recreated to take it
>     effect. Restart is not enough.
>     Do I (we) miss something?
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>
>
> You could simply stop the container, do modifications (e.g. edit /var/lib/lxc/c1/config), and start
> it afterwards. Even renaming the containter is usually as simple as moving /var/lib/lxc/c2 ->
> /var/lib/lxc/c2 and checking some files under that (e.g config, fstab).
>
> In fact, I create most of my containers by hand, by creating /var/lib/lxc/container_name directory
> and copying everything under it from a template (e.g. using "zfs clone") with minor modifications.
>
> Or is there some other modification that you have in mind?

This doesn't work on Ubuntu 12.04 with lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu66.

At least with non-default lxc home (/data/lxc).

tamas