NAME¶

lxc-wait - wait for a specific container state

SYNOPSIS¶

lxc-wait
{-n name} {-s states}

lxc-wait waits for a specific container state before exiting, this is useful for scripting.

-s, --state states: Specify the container state(s) to wait for. The container states can be ORed to specify several states.
-t, --timeout timeout: Wait timeout seconds for desired state to be reached.

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 ERROR. 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 virtualization 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 previously created container (via lxc-create).
--version: Show the version number.

lxc-wait -n foo -s RUNNING: exits when 'RUNNING' is reached.
lxc-wait -n foo -s 'RUNNING|STOPPED': exits when 'RUNNING' or 'STOPPED' state is reached.

The container was not found: The specified container was not created before with the lxc-create command.