Useful Commands

There is something to note about the generated configuration. If you scroll to the run section of your configuration, you will see a list of commands. These are commands you can run.

LXD Remote

This guide assumes you’ve already added your cluster as a remote on your local machine.

Make sure you run lxc remote list and check if you have the right cluster selected.

Jumping into the container

Applications are provisioned inside LXD containers. You can jump into the container in the following way:

lxc exec container-name --project project.name -- ash

This will take you inside your container.

Start / Stop / Restart

You can start, stop, and restart your application using the following commands:

rc-service app-name stop

rc-service app-name start

rc-service app-name restart

Migrations

If you use frameworks like Ruby on Rails or Phoenix, you may have to work with migrations. They can be run in the following way.

rc-service app-name migrate

Logs

You can view the logs of your application by using the command

rc-service app-name logs

Console

If your application has console access, you can use the following command.

rc-service app-name console

Running Commands

If you wish to execute commands you can do so using the following:

lxc exec container-name --project project.name -- rc-service app-name [command]