Virsh este capabil sa gestioneze si containere LXC. Deosebirea este ca nu tine seama de fisierul de configurare creat de lxc-create, ci foloseste propriul fisier de configurare, in format XML.

Creati un nou container, de tip debian, cu numele ct3. Nu porniti containerul.

Creati un fisier XML ce va fi folosit in Virsh, dupa modelul de mai jos:

<domain type='lxc'>
  <name>NUME_CONTAINER</name>
  <memory>500000</memory>
  <os>
    <type>exe</type>
    <init>/sbin/init</init>
  </os>
  <vcpu>1</vcpu>
  <clock offset='utc'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <interface type='network'>
      <source network='default'/>
    </interface>
    <console type='pty' />
    <filesystem type='mount'>
      <source dir='CALE_CATRE_ROOTFS'/>
      <target dir='/'/>
    </filesystem>
  </devices>
</domain>

Porniti virsh, conectandu-va la URI-ul corespunzator LXC:

root@saisp-vm-1:~# virsh -c lxc:///
Welcome to virsh, the virtualization interactive terminal.
 
Type:  'help' for help with commands
       'quit' to quit
 
virsh # 

In Virsh, efectuati urmatoarele operatii:

• definiti containerul, folosind fisierul XML creat:

virsh # define ct3.xml
Domain ct3 defined from ct3.xml

• porniti reteaua virtuala, folosind comanda net-start default
• porniti containerul:

virsh # start ct3
Domain ct3 started

• conectati-va la consola containerului:

virsh # console ct3
Connected to domain ct3
Escape character is ^]

• deconectati-va de la consola, folosind combinatia de taste Ctrl+]
• listati informatii despre container:

virsh # dominfo ct3
Id:             2603
Name:           ct3
UUID:           27f50e10-99dc-44ce-827d-ed8888115eb4
OS Type:        exe
State:          running
CPU(s):         1
CPU time:       0.5s
Max memory:     500000 KiB
Used memory:    12564 KiB
Persistent:     yes
Autostart:      disable
Managed save:   unknown
Security model: none
Security DOI:   0

• opriti, apoi stergeti containerul:

virsh # shutdown ct3
virsh # undefine ct3