[Lxc-users] Moving an lxc container from one host to another . . .

[Nuno Seita[EmergeIT]]

Hi Masood,

dont cp files around, just use tar with -C /final/destination/directory,
that way your telling tar where to unpack.

Hope it helps,

Regards

On 27-02-2013 19:12, Masood Mortazavi wrote:
> Hi Miroslav,
>
> Thank you very much. This worked.
>
> However, on the way, I discovered one other relevant point worth noting:
>
> When unpacking the tar of the lxc, it should be unpacked with
>
>     tar --numeric-owner -xzvf lxc.tgz
>
> into its *final* destination (i.e. to the final resting place of all
> lxc's on the machine).
>
> Use of Linux "cp" to move the unpacked lxc to the final destination
> fails.
>
> Obviously "cp" doesn't have a "--numeric owner" option.
>
> Also, I observed that on my system I carried out all these steps as a
> sudo-er.
>
> Best regards,
> Masood
>
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Miroslav Lednicky
> <miroslav.lednicky at fnusa.cz <mailto:miroslav.lednicky at fnusa.cz>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>             You must use tar with option --numeric-owner
>
>     for example:
>
>     tar --numeric-owner -czvf lxc.tgz /lxc/my_lxc
>
>     Best regards,
>
>     Miroslav.
>
>     Dne 27.2.2013 00:38, Masood Mortazavi napsal(a):
>     > What is the best way to move an lxc container form one host to
>     another?
>     > On ubuntu, a simple tar of the container files, move and copy,
>     doesn't
>     > seem to work properly or reconstitute a container on the target host
>     > with proper settings.
>     > Man pages give very little information on this.  (I can
>     speculate that
>     > one way is to create a specific template. However, it would be
>     nice to
>     > have an easier way / trick.)
>     > - m.
>     >
>     >
>     >
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