On Mon, 2011-09-05 at 09:24 +0200, Papp Tamas wrote: > On 09/05/2011 08:38 AM, Jäkel, Guido wrote: > >> What is the right way to stop a container? > > Dear Papp, > > > > Like with the thread paradigm in computing langugages, the "right" > way is that the thread decides to stop. Therefore your container have > to leave. > > > > Depending on your Linxus flavor inside the container, you e.g. may > send a signal to it's init process to proper shut down. This mechanism > is "historical" intended to be used by an USV poser supply. In the > moment, I'm using an old-style sytem v init and I may just send a > SIGINT to reboot and a SIGPWR to halt it (must be enabled in the > inittab). > > > > > > Another (planned) way is to use lxc-execute, but this is still not > working. Ulli Hornbacher therefore wrote it's own workaround: A little > daemon executes all command pushed in by a command running at the host > -- disregarding to all aspects of security. > > > > If you're running a sshd inside the container -- and in the most > case you will I think -- you may use this (with a deposited key) to > directly send commands to it. > > hi, > > I don't like the ssh way. I think, halting a container automatically > through an ssh connection is a joke, wich should not be used in any > way.
Another way that I have used is to send the init process a kill signal. I think it was the "power fail" sig but that should do it. That definitely worked with the sysv init but I see to recall I had some problem with upstart (and systemd won't currently run in a container anyways - so you can forget that pig). > tamas > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you > download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Lxc-users mailing list > Lxc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lxc-users > -- Michael H. Warfield (AI4NB) | (770) 985-6132 | m...@wittsend.com /\/\|=mhw=|\/\/ | (678) 463-0932 | http://www.wittsend.com/mhw/ NIC whois: MHW9 | An optimist believes we live in the best of all PGP Key: 0x674627FF | possible worlds. A pessimist is sure of it!
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