Sujet : Renaming An LXC Container De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro) Groupes :comp.os.linux.misc Date : 18. Feb 2025, 03:52:11 Autres entêtes Organisation : A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID :<vp0skq$1dou3$1@dont-email.me> User-Agent : Pan/0.161 (Chasiv Yar; )
Rename of container from «oldname» to «newname»:
* Ensure container is stopped * Rename container directory from /var/lib/lxc/«oldname» to /var/lib/lxc/«newname» * Change name in /var/lib/lxc/«newname»/config, in entries for lxc.rootfs.path and lxc.uts.name. * Change container’s host name in its /etc/hostname and /etc/hosts. * Container should now start under new name.
Renaming An LXC Container