An LXC library for Ruby

require 'elecksee'

lxc = Lxc.new('container')
lxc.start unless lxc.running?

Root access is required for most operations. This library can be utilized from a root user but is built to use sudo as required. To enable sudo, use:

Lxc.use_sudo = true

If you require a custom sudo for things like rvm, use:

Lxc.use_sudo = 'rvmsudo'

Container inspection and interaction. Will provide state information about the container as well as providing an interaction interface for running commands within the container and changing its state (stop, start, freeze, thaw).

my_lxc = Lxc.new('my_container')
puts "Address: #{my_lxc.container_ip}"
puts "State: #{my_lxc.state}"

Create ephemeral containers from existing stopped containers. Utilizes an overlay filesystem to leave original container untouched. All ephemeral resources are removed once the container is halted.

Make clones of existing stopped containers. Allows for utilizing optional storage backends like full copies, overlay directories, virtual block device or fs specific like btrfs snapshots.

This library is currently tested on ubuntu platforms >= 12.04

• Repository: https://github.com/chrisroberts/elecksee.git