LXCF Command reference

LXCF Command reference

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1. LXCF command

No.	Command name	Usage
1	lxcf	Resource setting, resource display, control, and management of LXCF

LXCF has subcommands which control and manage containers, set and display the resorce of containers.

1.1 Direct subcommand execution (execution of LXCF from shell or shell script)

# lxcf subcommand option specification-values　...

You can execute lxcf subcommand directly with options and specification-values.
It returns when its execution ends.
Options (-f, -c 10, etc.) have to be placed between subcommand and specification-values.

1.2 Interactive mode of LXCF (Execute subcommands interactively from the special shell environment).

# lxcf
LXCF Facility
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2
Type: 'helpcmd' for help with commands
'exit' or '^d' to quit

LXCF # subcommand option specification-values　...

When the lxcf command is executed with no arguments like above, a shell whose prompt is "LXCF #" runs. In this shell-mode, subcommands can be executed directly withouth "lxcf". Arbitrary commands other than LXCF can be used as well as usual bash.
It returns to the LXCF shell when the execution of the subcommand ends. Therefore, uses can continuously input as many subcommands as they want.

2. LXCF subcommand list

resource controls

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	cpun	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) CPU_NUMBER
2	cpurate	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) CPU_RATE
3	numa	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) NUMA_NUMBER
4	memlimit	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) MEMORY_LIMIT
5	memswlimit	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) MEMORY&SWAP_LIMIT
6	blkio_r	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) BLKIO_READ_LIMIT
7	blkio_w	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) BLKIO_WRITE_LIMIT
8	blkiops_r	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) BLKIOPS_READ_LIMIT
9	blkiops_w	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) BLKIOPS_WRITE_LIMIT
10	net_cls	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) NET_CLS_ID
11	show	[(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID)]
12	set	[-c CPURATE] [-i CPU-Number] [-n NUMA-Number] [-m MEMLIMIT] [-s MEMSWLIMIT] (CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) ...

container management

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	sysgen	[-h] [-o] [-s] [-j] [-c json-file] [-p path] CONTAINER_NAME ...
2	clone	[-p path] (SRC_CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) NEW_CONTAINER_NAME　...
3	erase	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) ...
4	list	[ -q ] [(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) ...]
5	log	[-f]
6	console	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID)
7	autostart	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) ...
8	rename	CONTAINER_NAME NEW_CONTAINER_NAME

maintenance/update

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	update	COMMAND
2	deploy	[-d] [-f] FILEorDIR ...

start/stop management

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	start	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) ...
2	stop	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) ...
3	suspend	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) ...
4	resume	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) ...
5	run	(CONTAINER_NAME or UUID) COMMAND

Processes two or more containers

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	sysgen-n	[-p path] [-c resource-file] name-prefix [start-number] end-number
2	clone-n	[-p path] name-prefix [start-number] end-number
3	erase-n	name-prefix [start-number] end-number
4	start-n	name-prefix [start-number] end-number
5	stop-n	name-prefix [start-number] end-number
6	resume-n	name-prefix [start-number] end-number
7	set-n	[-c CPURATE] [-a Num-of-CPU ] [-i CPU-Number] [-n NUMA-Number] [-m MEMLIMIT] [-s MEMSWLIMIT] name-prefix [start-number] end-number
8	autostart-n	[ -d ] name-prefix [start-number] end-number

Batch queue

No.	Subcommand Name	Arguments
1	submit	LXCF_command
2	queue cancel	UUID
3	queue clear	[-h] [-q] [-l] [-a]
4	queue list	None
5	queue move	[-h] [-q] [-l] UUID
6	queue multi	[NUMBER]

snapshot & restore

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	snapshot	[ -f ] [ -p PATH ] [ -n SNAPSHOT_IMAGE ] (UUID or NAME)
2	restore	[ -n NEW_NAME ] [ -p PATH ] [ -f ] [ -s ] SNAPSHOT_IMAGE
3	snapshot-pull	[ -f ] [ -s ] [ -p PASSWORD ] [ -n NEW_SNAP_NAME ] SERVER_NAME:PORT SNAPSHOT_NAME
4	snapshot-list	[ -p PASSWORD ] [ -i SERVERNAME:PORT ][ SNAPSHOT_IMAGE ... ]
5	snapshot-erase	[ -f ] SNAPSHOT_IMAGE ...

REST API

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	api	( enable or disable )
2	api-passwd	None

export

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	export-docker	(UUID or NAME) ...

Network

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	net-add	[ -d NETDEV ] [ -n NUMBER ] [ -g GATEWAY ] [ -b BRIDGE ] CONTAINER_NAME IPADDR/MASK
2	net-del	[ -n NUMBER ] CONTAINER_NAME
		-b BRIDGE
3	net-gateway	CONTAINER_NAME IP_ADDR
4	net-route	-a [ -n NUMBER ] CONTAINER_NAME NET_ADDR GATEWAY
		-d CONTAINER_NAME NET_ADDR
5	net-list	[ -b ]

help

No.	Subcommand	Arguments
1	helpcmd	None
2	version	None

1.3 An example of Resource setting shell script.

Following is an example of the shell script to change the CPU rate of three containers alternately every hour.
Three containers are named as asia-srv, eruo-srv, and usa-srv.

#!/bin/sh
while :
do
echo "Asia 80% , Euro 10%, USA 10%"
/usr/sbin/lxcf cpurate asia-srv 80
/usr/sbin/lxcf cpurate euro-srv 10
/usr/sbin/lxcf cpurate usa-srv 10
sleep 3600

echo "Asia 10% , Euro 80%, USA 10%"
/usr/sbin/lxcf cpurate asia-srv 10
/usr/sbin/lxcf cpurate euro-srv 80
/usr/sbin/lxcf cpurate usa-srv 10
sleep 3600

echo "Asia 80% , Euro 10%, USA 10%"
/usr/sbin/lxcf cpurate asia-srv 80
/usr/sbin/lxcf cpurate euro-srv 10
/usr/sbin/lxcf cpurate usa-srv 10
sleep 3600
done

2. sub-commands

cpun

cpun (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) CPU_NUMBER

Limit available CPUs for the container.

When 0 is specified for cpu number, cpu0 is allocated.
When 0-3 is specified for cpu number, cpu0-3 are allocated.
When 3,8 are specified for cpu number, cpu3 and cpu8 are allocated.
Note) Do not include the blank between the numbers when you specify two or more CPUs.

Example)
# lxcf cpun asia-srv 0
# lxcf cpun asia-srv 0-3
# lxcf cpun asia-srv 3,8

cpurate

cpurate (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) CPU_RATE

Limit cpu usage rate for the container.

The value from 0 to 100 can be set to the cpu usage rate.
When two or more CPUs are allocated, the same cpu usage rate is applied to all CPUs.
For instance, when cpu0 and cpu1 are allocated and the cpu rate is specified as 50%, each of cpu0 and cpu1 can be used by 50%.
When - is specified, the limit is removed.

numa

numa (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) NUMA_NUMBER

Limit available numa-node for the container.

When 0 is specified for numa node number, numa node number 0 is allocated.
When 0-3 is specified for numa node number, numa node number 0-3 is allocated.
When 1,3 are specified for numa node number, numa node number 1 and 3 are allocated.
Note) Do not include the blank between the numbers when you specify two or more NUMA nodes.

memlimit

memlimit (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) MEMORY_LIMIT

Limit the amount of available memory for the container.

The floating point number can be specified for the amount of the memory, and the unit of k, M, G, and T can be added.

Example)
# lxcf memlimit lxc-bench1 512M

memswlimit

memswlimit (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) MEMORY&SWAP_LIMIT

Limit the amount of available memory+swap for the container.

The floating point number can be specified for the amount of the memory+swap, and the unit of k, M, G, and T can be added.
When - is specified, the limit is removed.

Example)
# lxcf memswlimit lxc-bench1 512M

blkio_r

blkio_w

blkio_r (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) DEVICE BLKIO_READ_LIMIT
blkio_w (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) DEVICE BLKIO_WRITE_LIMIT

Limit device's throughput of read and write for the containers.

DEVICE is specified as the form of "Majors number:Minor number".
The unit of k, M, G, and T (per sec.) can be added to the limitation value.
When - is specified, the limit is removed.

To set the limitation value for more than two devices, you need to run this command repeatedly for each device as the following example.

Example)
# LXCF blkio_r asia-srv 8:0 10M
# LXCF blkio_r asia-srv 9:0 20M

blkiops_r

blkiops_w

blkiops_r　(CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) DEVICE BLKIOPS_READ_LIMIT
blkiops_w　(CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) DEVICE BLKIOPS_WRITE_LIMIT

Limit device's IOPS for the container.

BLKIOPS_READ_LIMIT/BKLIOPS_WRITE_LIMIT is specified in the form of "Majors number:Minor number". Only positive integer values are allowed.
When - is specified, the limit is removed.
To set the limitation value for more than two devices, you need to run this command repeatedly for each device.

net_cls

net_cls (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) NET_CLS_ID

Specify network traffic handle for the container, which can be used in “tc”.
By setting NET_CLS_ID (hexadecimal number), the band class label is assigned to the xmit network packet.
User can limit network bandwidth by using the label with "tc" command. Please refer to "tc" manual for details.

set

set [-c CPURATE] [-i CPU-Number] [-n NUMA-Number] [-m MEMLIMIT] [-s MEMSWLIMIT] (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) ...

Set some different types of resources at a time for the container.

Details about each option values are described in cpurate, cpun, numa, memlimit and memswlimit command.

show

show [(CONTAINER_NAME | UUID)]

Show current settings of resources in JSON format.

Example)

# show asia-srv
{"name" : "asia-srv",
"cpun" : "0-15",
"cpurate" : "-",
"numa" : "0-3",
"memlimit" : "1.0G",
"memswlimit" : "-",
"blkio_r" : [ ],
"blkio_w" : [ ],
"blkiops_r" : [ ],
"blkiops_w" : [ ],
"net_cls" : "00000000" }

sysgen

sysgen [-h] [-o] [-s] [-j] [-c json-file] [-p path] CONTAINER_NAME ...

Create a new LXCF container named as CONTAINER_NAME.

After creation, it starts automatically.
When -c option is specified, the resources for the container are set according to the specified json-file.
When -p option is specified, the file tree for the container is placed on the specified path.

Example)
The same resource value with asia-srv is set to euro-srv newly made.

# lxcf show asia-srv
{"name" : " asia-srv ",
"cpun" : "0-15",
"cpurate" : "-",
"numa" : "0-3",
"memlimit" : "1.0G",
"memswlimit" : "-",
"blkio_r" : [ ],
"blkio_w" : [ ],
"blkiops_r" : [ ],
"blkiops_w" : [ ],
"net_cls" : "00000000" }

# lxcf show asia-srv > asia-srv.json
# lxcf sysgen –c asia-srv.json euro-srv

clone

clone [-p path] (SRC_CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) NEW_CONTAINER_NAME　...

Clone an existing container.

In SEPARATE model, all file trees including /opt etc. are cloned.
In JOINT model, files under /user are just shared, the other file trees are copied.
When -p option is specified, the file tree for the container is placed on the specified path.

erase

erase (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) ...

Stop and Erase an existing conainer. All configuration information and file-tree about the container are discarded.

list

list [ -q ] [(CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) ...]

List existing containers information including the name, mode, state and path.
Optional -q displays the list of queue.

Example)

# lxcf list
Name Mode State Path

---

a-srv joint stopped /opt/lxcf/a-srv
b-srv joint stopped /opt/lxcf/b-srv
c-srv joint stopped /opt/lxcf/c-srv
d-srv joint running /opt/lxcf/d-srv
e-srv joint running /opt/lxcf/e-srv
f-srv joint running /opt/lxcf/f-srv

log

log [-f]
Log (/var/log/lxcf/lxcf-messages) of LXCF is displayed.
When the content of the log keeps increasing if the option of -f is specified, the added log data is output.

console

console (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID)
The console command is connected with the console of the container.
Please push "ctrl]" when you end the console.
The display and the input fall into disorder when connecting it from two or more terminals with one console. Therefore, please avoid it.

autostart

autostart [ -d ] (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) ...

Set the container to start automatically at system boot time.

When -d option is specified, the autostart setting is removed.

rename

rename CONTAINER_NAME NEW_CONTAINER_NAME

Container-name is changed into new-container-name.
It is convenient to convert the container prepared beforehand into the name
that the user demands and to offer it.

update

update COMMAND

The command specified by COMMAND is executed on all LXCF container environments and the host.
The command is supposed to install, update or delete packages, such as rpm, yum, etc.

deploy

deploy [-d] [-f] FILE|DIR ...

One or more files and directories specified in the argument are forwarded(copied) to all containers.
When -d option is specified, the files and the directories specified in the argument are deleted from all containers.
The confirmation of (Yes/No) is necessary for the deletion. -f can be used for avoiding the confirmation.

start

start (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID)　...

Start specified LXCF container.

stop

stop (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID)　...

Stop specified LXCF container.

reboot

reboot (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID)　...

Reboot specified LXCF container.

suspend

suspend (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) ...

Suspend specified LXCF container.

resume

resume (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID) ...

Restart suspended LXCF container.

run

run (CONTAINER_NAME | UUID)　COMMAND

Run arbitrary command in specified LXCF container.

Command that processes two or more containers

sysgen-n

clone-n

erase-n

start-n

stop-n

suspend-n

resume-n

set-n

sysgen-n [-p path] [-c resource-file] name-prefix [start-number] end-number
clone-n [-p path] name-prefix [start-number] end-number
erase-n name-prefix [start-number] end-number
start-n name-prefix [start-number] end-number
stop-n name-prefix [start-number] end-number
suspend-n name-prefix [start-number] end-number
resume-n name-prefix [start-number] end-number
set-n [-c CPURATE] [-a Num-of-CPU ] [-i CPU-Number] [-n NUMA-Number] [-m MEMLIMIT] [-s MEMSWLIMIT] name-prefix [start-number] end-number
autostart-n [ -d ] name-prefix [start-number] end-number

Operate some containers at a time which named combination of name-prefix and number.
− When start-number is specified, the range of numbers is from start-number to end-number.
− When start-number is NOT specified, the range of numbers is from 1 to end-number.
The number is expressed in 4-digit. The lack of digit is complemented by 0.

The range of numbers needs not to be strict.
Lack and orverlap of containers coresponding to the name is allowed and the operation is processed well without any error.
For instance, let's assume there is only mc0003.
When "stop-n mc 10" is executed, mc0003 only stops.
When "sysgen-n 2 4" is executed, it does not influence mc0003 though mc0002 and mc0004 are generated.

The set-n command is different from the set command, and optional -a has increased. This option specifies the number of allocated CPU.

Example)
# sysgen-n mc 3
Container mc0001, mc0002, and mc0003 are made.

# sysgen-n spc 8 11
Container spc0008, spc0009, spc0009, spc0010, and spc0011 are made.

submit

submit [ -h ] [ -q ] [ -l ]　LXCF_COMMAND
The LXCF command is entered as a job.
The command that can be used is the following.
sysgen, sysgen-n, clone, clone-n, set, set-n, erase, erase-n, update, deploy, restore, autostart, autostart-n

Example)
# lxcf submit sysgen new-cont
submited : dbc73b32-c445-11e3-9045-00d068148bd6

“sysgen new-cont” enters Q-QUEUE as a job.

"queue" subcommand can use "q" as an alias.

queue cancel

queue cancel UUID
The job on the queue of UUID is canceled.

Example)
# lxcf queue cancel 5cbd8386-c446-11e3-8a9f-00d068148bd6
Canceled : 5cbd8386-c446-11e3-8a9f-00d068148bd6 sysgen-n b 10

queue clear

queue clear [ -h ] [ -q ] [ -l ] [ -a ]
All jobs on the queue are cleared.
When the option of -h, -q, -l is specified, the queue of H-QUEUE, Q-QUEUE, and L-QUEUE is cleared.
When -a is specified, all queues are cleared.
If the option is not specified, the Q-QUEUE is cleared.

queue list

queue list
The job on the queue is displayed.

Example)
# lxcf queue list
H-QUEUE
Q-QUEUE
f12ce8ee-c447-11e3-a39f-00d068148bd6 sysgen-n 1 10
f333abd2-c447-11e3-84f2-00d068148bd6 sysgen-n a 10
L-QUEUE

queue move

queue move [-h] [-q] [-l] UUID
It is moved at the end of the queue that specifies the job.
If the option of -h, -q, -l is specified, the queue of H-QUEUE, Q-QUEUE, and L-QUEUE becomes an object respectively.
If the option is not specified, Q-QUEUE becomes an object.

Example)
# lxcf queue move -h f333abd2-c447-11e3-84f2-00d068148bd6
moved to H-QUEUE : f333abd2-c447-11e3-84f2-00d068148bd6 sysgen-n a 10

queue multi

queue multi [NUMBER]
The multiplicity of the submitted job execution is set.
The multiplicity is displayed when there is no argument.

Snapshot & restore command

snapshot

snapshot [ -f ] [ -p PATH ] [ -n SNAPSHOT_IMAGE ] (UUID | NAME)

The image of the snapshot of the container of specified UUID or container NAME is made, and it puts it under the directory of PATH.
As for the container that takes the snapshot, the state of running and the state of stop are acceptable.

It becomes an error when the snapshot image of the same name is already under PATH. When optional -f is specified, it is overwrited even if the snapshot image of the same name is under PATH.

Optional -p shows path where SNAPSHOT_IMAGE is arranged. -p is not specified, "/opt/lxcf_rep" is path.

Optional -n specifies the name of the snap shot. When the name is not specified, the name of the snap shot becomes "UUID_NAME.img" from UUID and NAME of the object container.

restore

restore [ -n NEW_NAME ] [ -p PATH ] [ -f ] [ -s ] SNAPSHOT_IMAGE

SNAPSHOT_IMAGE is restored as a container.
It is restored by UUID and the container name when the image is gathered when
there is no argument.
When the container of the same name already exists, it becomes an error.

When optional -n is specified, the container is made, and restored by specified container name NEW_NAME and UUID newly allocated. At this time, it becomes an error when there is already a container of the same name.

The -p option specifies PATH that arranges the container similarly to sysgen.

After deleting it even if there is a container of the same name, the –f option restores
the image.

The -s option compares the package environment from which SNAPSHOT_IMAGE is made with the package environment of the server, and adds an insufficient package.

Optional -p shows path where SNAPSHOT_IMAGE is arranged. -p is not specified, "/opt/lxcf_rep" is path.

snapshot-pull

pull [ -f ] [ -s ] [ -p PASSWORD ] [ -n NEW_SNAP_NAME ] SERVER_NAME:PORT SNAPSHOT_NAME

The snap shot image on other servers is acquired.
The server that becomes an object is specified with SERVER_NAME:PORT.
The snap shot image that becomes an object is specified with SNAPSHOT_NAME.
-f The option overwrites the snap shot image of the same name.
-s The option controls the display of the result.
-p The option specifies the password of lxcf in the server that becomes an object. Specification is unnecessary if there is no password.
-n The option names a new name to the snap shot image.

snapshot-list

snapshot-list [ -p PASSWORD ] [ -i SERVERNAME:PORT ] [ SNAPSHOT_IMAGE ... ]

The list of the image in the repository is displayed when there is no
argument.
When SNAPSHOT_IMAGE is specified for the argument, the container name in
the image is displayed.

When the list of snapshot of an outside server is seen, "Password" of the server is pecified by -p, specifying "Server name: the port" by -i.

snapshot-erase

snapshot-erase [ -f ] SNAPSHOT_IMAGE ...

Command that deletes SNAPSHOT_IMAGE.
The deletion confirmation message is not displayed when there is
optional -f.

REST API

api

api ( enable | disable )

Enable･disable of REST API is specified.
The initialization of API is disable. After the reboot, the setting is effective.
The value to which enable is set with specification or ipaddr:port of/etc/lxcf/lxcf.conf is begun.
REST API stops when disable is specified.

api-passwd

api-passwd

The password when REST API is input.
There is no initial password, and REST API can be executed by an empty password.
If the value is not put by the password input, an empty password is set.

Export command

export-docker

export-docker (UUID | NAME) ...

The LXCF container is exported to the docker container.
The separate model can be handled as docker container.
When the container that converts the joint model is used, it should mount /usr.

Network

net-add

net-add [ -d NETDEV ] [ -n NUMBER ] [ -g GATEWAY ] [ -b BRIDGE ] CONTAINER_NAME IPADDR/MASK

IPADDR/MASK is allocated in the container of CONTAINER_NAME.
Please note that the network information disappears all of IPADDR/MASK set with net-add when the container is stopped or is rebooted.

-d : It comes to be able to connect it outside by sharing NIC when NETDEV is set optional -d it. It is shared with the container connected with the same bridge.
-n : In optional -n, two or more VETH can be connected with the container. NUMBER is put up at the end of the VETH name.
-g : In optional -g, default GATEWAY is set.
-b : In optional -b, VETH is connected with BRIDGE. If -b is not specified, it is connected with lxcfbr0. It is newly made when there is no bridge, and if it is existing, it is used.

Example)
# lxcf net-add a-srv 192.168.3.2/24
192.168.3.2/24 is added to container a-srv. This address can be connected only from HOST.
It is connected with bridge lxcfbr0.
# lxcf net-add b-srv 192.168.3.3/24
It adds in b-srv and it adds it to 192.168.3.3/24. Because the network is the same, it is possible to connect it also with a-srv.

Eth1(192.168.3.100/24) connected outside is connected with c-srv. GATEWAY is 192.168.3.1.
# As for lxcf net-add -d eth1 -g 192.168.3.1 c-srv 192.168.3.3/24 a-srv, b-srv, and c-srv, the connection with the outside becomes possible.

net-del

net-del [ -n NUMBER ] CONTAINER_NAME
net-del -b BRIDGE

VETH added to the container is deleted.
-n : Optional -n is deleted expressly specifying VETH NUMBER .
-b : When optional -b is specified, the corresponding bridge is deleted.

net-gateway

net-gateway CONTAINER_NAME IP_ADDR

The gateway is set to the container.

net-route

net-route -a [ -n NUMBER ] CONTAINER_NAME NET_ADDR GATEWAY
net-route -d CONTAINER_NAME NET_ADDR

Routing information on the container is updated.
-a : Optional -a is added routing information.
-d : Optional- d is deleted routing information.

net-list

net-list [ -b ]

Information on the added network is displayed.
-b : Bridge information is displayed in optional -b.

helpcmd

helpcmd

Display the list of the command of LXCF.

version

version

Display the version of LXCF.

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