LXC Snapshot from CLI

[kamzata]

Can I take LXC snapshots from the host CLI or directly from the LXC guest? How?

 

[wolfgang]

Hi,

form the host CLI

USAGE: pct snapshot <vmid> <snapname> [OPTIONS]

  Snapshot a container.

  <vmid>     <integer> (1 - N)

         The (unique) ID of the VM.

  <snapname> <string>

         The name of the snapshot.

  -description <string>

         A textual description or comment.

to snapshot in the container you must use the host API.

 

[kamzata]

Hi,

form the host CLI

USAGE: pct snapshot <vmid> <snapname> [OPTIONS]

  Snapshot a container.

  <vmid>     <integer> (1 - N)

         The (unique) ID of the VM.

  <snapname> <string>

         The name of the snapshot.

  -description <string>

         A textual description or comment.

to snapshot in the container you must use the host API.

Thanks. Kindly, can you provide a snapshot host API example?

 

[wolfgang]

You can use these clients. [1]
the API path is described in the Proxmox VE API viewer [2]

A snapshot example look like this

POST /api2/json/nodes/{node}/lxc/{vmid}/snapshot

1.) https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_API#Clients
2.) https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/api-viewer/index.html