[lxc-users] About checkpoint and restore

[Sjoerd]

On 15/06/2016 05:05, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Xinyang Ge <aegiryy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex.ru> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Of course no. you would get duplicate hostnames and MAC addresses, 
>>> between
>>> other duplicate things, like SSH keys and so on, depends on your 
>>> setup.
>>> If you want to roll a set of containers from single master image, 
>>> then do that
>>> instead of using wrong tools for the job.
>> 
>> Thanks for the insights!  We want to use linux container for fuzz
>> testing.  At a high level, we want to duplicate the environment (e.g.,
>> container) and feed different inputs for testing.  So, if it cannot be
>> done in parallel, can I restore a container from the same snapshot
>> multiple times (but not simultaneously)?
> 
> What do you need whey you "restore from snapshot"?
> 
> If you're okay with "the containers contain identical software, and
> fine with it being in just-booted state", then you might need to look
> at "lxc copy"  (which can create multiple copies of the container from
> the same source, each with its own unique MAC address) instead of "lxc
> snapshot".

I would take this route too.
Or you can save one container as a new image and launch multiple 
instances from that one.

Cheers,
Sjoerd