| NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | OPTIONS | COMMON OPTIONS | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO | COLOPHON | |
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lxc-checkpoint(1)                                       lxc-checkpoint(1)
       lxc-checkpoint - checkpoint a container
       lxc-checkpoint {-n name} {-D PATH} [-r] [-s] [-v] [-d] [-F]
       lxc-checkpoint checkpoints and restores containers.
       -r, --restore
              Restore the checkpoint for the container, instead of dump‐
              ing it.  This option is incompatible with -s.
       -D PATH, --checkpoint-dir=PATH
              The directory to dump the checkpoint metadata.
       -s, --stop
              Optionally stop the container after dumping. This option is
              incompatible with -r.
       -v, --verbose
              Enable verbose criu logging.
       -d, --daemon
              Restore the container in the background (this is the de‐
              fault).  Only available when providing -r.
       -F, --foreground
              Restore the container in the foreground. Only available
              when providing -r.
       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 ER‐
              ROR. 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 virtualiza‐
              tion 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 previ‐
              ously created container (via lxc-create).
       --version
              Show the version number.
       lxc-checkpoint -n foo -D /tmp/checkpoint
              Checkpoint the container foo into the directory /tmp/check‐
              point.
       lxc-checkpoint -r -n foo -D /tmp/checkpoint
              Restore the checkpoint from the directory /tmp/checkpoint.
       lxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-copy(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1),
       lxc-stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1),
       lxc-wait(1), lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1),
       lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5)
       This page is part of the lxc (Linux containers) project.  Informa‐
       tion about the project can be found at 
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                                2024-04-03              lxc-checkpoint(1)