April 24, 2016
Quick & Easy: Backing up LXC Containers
use 7-zip, it apparently does not store ownership permissions that can mess with your lxc container
apt-get install p7zip-full
- backup
7z a /var/backups/sif.7z /var/lib/lxc/sif
- restore
7z x /var/backups/sif.7z -o/var/lib/lxc/