lxc-create

Create linux containers. More information: https://linuxcontainers.org/lxc/getting-started.

  • Create a container interactively in /var/lib/lxc/:

sudo lxc-create --name container --template download

  • Create a container in a target directory:

sudo lxc-create --lxcpath /path/to/directory/ --name container --template download

  • Create a container passing options to a template:

sudo lxc-create --name name --template download -- --dist distro-name --release release-version --arch arch