Linux Shell Scripting Cookbook - Third Edition

How it works...

The container created by the lxc-create command is a directory tree that includes the configuration options and root filesystem for the container. Privileged containers are constructed under /var/lib/lxc. Nonprivileged containers are stored under $HOME/.local/lxc:

    $ ls /var/lib/lxc/CONTAINERNAME
    config rootfs

You can examine or modify a container's configuration by editing the config file in the container's top directory:

    # vim /var/lib/lxc/CONTAINERNAME/config

The rootfs folder contains a root filesystem for the container. This is the root (/) folder of a running container:

    # ls /var/lib/lxc/CONTAINERNAME/rootfs
    bin   boot cdrom dev  etc   home  lib   media mnt   proc
    root  run  sbin  sys  tmp   usr   var

You can populate a container ...