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LXC Container Disable autostart

In the world of containerization, managing when your containers start helps maintain control over our system’s resources. By default, LXC containers come preset to autostart.

However, sometimes we have to disable autostart. Today we are going to take a look at how to disable the autostart feature for LXC containers:

1. First, open a new terminal and log into the LXC server via SSH.
2. Then, head to the LXC directory with the container configurations:

   cd /var/lib/lxc
3. Now, list the containers on our server with this command:

   ls -l
4. Now, choose the container for which we want to change autostart settings and head to its directory.

   cd /var/lib/lxc/{your-container-name}
5. Next, open the configuration file and find the line that reads “lxc.start.auto = 1” in the configuration file. Then change it to “lxc.start.auto = 0.”

   This will inform the system not to start the container automatically.
6. Finally, save the changes and exit the text editor.

We can confirm if the autostart feature has been successfully disabled or not with this command:

lxc-ls –fancy

With the above steps, we get control over when our LXC containers launch. Let us know in the comments if you need further help.

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Conclusion

In brief, our Support Experts demonstrated how to disable LXC container autostart.