lxd environment offers lxc command line tool which can be used to manage and
administer containers
List containers
lxc list
+----------+---------+---------------------+------+-----------+-----------+
| NAME | STATE | IPV4 | IPV6 | TYPE | SNAPSHOTS |
+----------+---------+---------------------+------+-----------+-----------+
| dhis2 | RUNNING | 172.19.2.10 (eth0) | | CONTAINER | 0 |
+----------+---------+---------------------+------+-----------+-----------+
| monitor | RUNNING | 172.19.2.30 (eth0) | | CONTAINER | 0 |
+----------+---------+---------------------+------+-----------+-----------+
| postgres | RUNNING | 172.19.2.20 (eth0) | | CONTAINER | 0 |
+----------+---------+---------------------+------+-----------+-----------+
| proxy | RUNNING | 172.19.2.2 (eth0) | | CONTAINER | 0 |
+----------+---------+---------------------+------+-----------+-----------+
| training | RUNNING | 172.19.2.12 (eth0) | | CONTAINER | 0 |
+----------+---------+---------------------+------+-----------+-----------+
Stop a running container
lxc stop <container-name>
Restart a container
lxc restart <container-name>
Delete a container
lxc delete <container-name>
Execute and run commands inside a container
lxc exec <container-name> -- command_here
Access the Shell of a Container:
lxc exec <container-name> -- /bin/bash
Show Container Configuration:
lxc config show <container-name>
View Container Log:
lxc info <container-name>
Example (pushing a file to the container):
lxc file push myfile.txt <container-name>/root/
Copy Files Between Host and Container:
lxc file push <local-file> <container-name>/<path_inside_container>
lxc file pull <container-name>/<path_inside_container> <local_destination>