lxc-ps (1) - Linux Manuals

lxc-ps: list the processes belonging to a specific container.

NAME

lxc-ps - list the processes belonging to a specific container.

SYNOPSIS

lxc-ps [--name name] [--lxc] [ps option] .SH "DESCRIPTION"

lxc-ps is a wrapper tp ps command to report the name of lxc container associated to reported processes.

The cgroup fs must be mounted before container creation, to be able to have lxc-ps to find the container associated to processes.

The additionnal specified ps options must not remove the default ps header and the pid information, to be able to have the lxc-ps to find the container associated to processes.

OPTIONS

--name NAME

specify the container NAME to limit the output to the processes belonging to this container name.

--lxc

limit the output to the processes belonging to all lxc containers.

[ps options]

The option passed to lxc-ps are the same as the ps command.

EXAMPLE

lxc-ps --name foo --forest

list all the processes belonging to container 'foo' and show dependencies.

AUTHOR

Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano [at] free.fr>