lxc-info

lxc-info(1) lxc-info(1)

NAME

   lxc-info - query information about a container

SYNOPSIS

   lxc-info {-n name} [-c KEY] [-s] [-p] [-i] [-S] [-H]

DESCRIPTION

   lxc-info queries and shows information about a container.

OPTIONS

   -c, --config KEY
          Print a configuration key from the container. This option may be given multiple times to print out multiple key = value pairs.

   -s, --state
          Just print the container's state.

   -p, --pid
          Just print the container's pid.

   -i, --ips
          Just print the container's IP addresses.

   -S, --stats
          Just  print  the container's statistics.  Note that for performance reasons the kernel does not account kernel memory use unless a kernel memory limit is set. If a limit is not
          set, lxc-info will display kernel memory use as 0. A limit can be set by specifying

                      lxc.cgroup.memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes = number

          in your container configuration file, see lxc.conf(5).

   -H, --no-humanize
          Print the container's statistics in raw, non-humanized form. The default is to print statistics in humanized form.

COMMON OPTIONS

   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.

EXAMPLES

   lxc-info -n foo
          Show information for foo.

   lxc-info -n 'ubuntu.*'
          Show information for all containers whose name starts with ubuntu.

   lxc-info -n foo -c lxc.net.0.veth.pair
          prints the veth pair name of foo.

SEE ALSO

   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)

                                                                                      2025-07-30                                                                               lxc-info(1)