From 66cccbea0a4e7347290cfd804136b2677708f08e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Th=C3=A9o=20Marchal?= <me@theomarchal.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 13:39:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] populate the tips for lxc

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-# lxc launch [distribution] [name]
-#       eg: lxc launch images:debian/10
-
-# lxc list
-
-# lxc exec [repository] [command]
diff --git a/lxc_tips.md b/lxc_tips.md
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+# LXC tips
+
+## Create a container
+
+* `$ lxc launch [distribution] [name]`
+    * **example:** `$ lxc launch images:debian/10 debian-container`
+
+## List existing containers
+
+* `$ lxc list`
+
+```
++-------------+---------+----------------------+---------------------------+------------+-----------+
+|    NAME     |  STATE  |         IPV4         |            IPV6           |    TYPE    | SNAPSHOTS |
++-------------+---------+----------------------+---------------------------+------------+-----------+
+| alpine      | STOPPED |                      |                           | PERSISTENT | 1         |
++-------------+---------+----------------------+---------------------------+------------+-----------+
+| debian      | STOPPED |                      |                           | PERSISTENT | 0         |
++-------------+---------+----------------------+---------------------------+------------+-----------+
+| ubuntu      | STOPPED |                      |                           | PERSISTENT | 3         |
++-------------+---------+----------------------+---------------------------+------------+-----------+
+| minimal     | RUNNING | 10.10.10.10 (eth0)   | fd80::0000 (eth0)         | PERSISTENT | 0         |
++-------------+---------+----------------------+---------------------------+------------+-----------+
+| test        | STOPPED |                      |                           | PERSISTENT | 0         |
++-------------+---------+----------------------+---------------------------+------------+-----------+
+```
+
+## Change state
+
+* Start a container: `$ lxc start [container]`
+* Stop a container: `$ lxc stop [container]`
+
+## Access a container
+
+* `$ lxc exec [repository] [command]`
+    * **example:** `$ lxc exec test bash`
+
+## Snapshots
+
+* Create a snapshot: `$ lxc snapshot [container] [snapshot_name]`
+    * **example:** `$ lxc snapshot test base_state`
+* Restore a snapshot: `$ lxc restore [container] [snapshot_name]`
+    * **example:** `$ lxc restore test base_state`
+
+## Copy files
+
+* To a container: `$ lxc file push [/local/files/to/copy] [container]/[destination/path]`
+    * **example:** `$ lxc file push -r /home/user/files test/root` (add `-r` to copy a folder)
+* From a container: `$ lxc file pull [container][/files/to/copy] [destination/path]`
+    * **example:** `$ lxc file pull test/root/files .` 
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