lxc-destroy(1)

NAME

lxc-destroy - destroy a container.

SYNOPSIS

lxc-destroy {-n name} [-f] [-s]

DESCRIPTION

lxc-destroy destroys the system object previously created by the lxc-create command.

OPTIONS

FC-f, --forceF[0]: If a container is running, stop it first. If this option is not specified and the container is running, then lxc-destroy will be aborted.

FC-s, --snapshotsF[0]: destroy the specified container including all its snapshots.

COMMON OPTIONS

These options are common to most of lxc commands.

FC-?, -h, --helpF[0]: Print a longer usage message than normal.

FC--usageF[0]: Give the usage message

FC-q, --quietF[0]: mute on

FC-P, --lxcpath=F[0]PATH: Use an alternate container path. The default is /var/lib/lxc.

FC-o, --logfile=F[0]FILE: Output to an alternate log FILE. The default is no log.

FC-l, --logpriority=F[0]LEVEL

Set log priority to LEVEL. The default log priority is FCERRORF[0]. Possible values are : FCFATALF[0], FCALERTF[0], FCCRITF[0], FCWARNF[0], FCERRORF[0], FCNOTICEF[0], FCINFOF[0], FCDEBUGF[0], FCTRACEF[0].

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.

FC-n, --name=F[0]NAME: Use container identifier NAME. The container identifier format is an alphanumeric string.

FC--rcfile=F[0]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).

FC--versionF[0]: Show the version number.

DIAGNOSTIC

The container was not found: The specified container for destruction was not found. It is probable it does not exists and was already destroyed.You can use the lxc-ls command to list the available containers on the system.