The listening end would be lxc-start, the other end would be whatever is appropriate.
In Ubuntu this could be an upstart job, on Debian a sysvinit script, ... There wouldn't be a need for a persistent connection, the socket would just be there to send messages from the container to the host, so anything could use netcat to do something like: echo "state ready" | nc -U /dev/lxc -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to lxc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1266808 Title: No mechanism to wait until a started container is ready and has finished booting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1266808/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs