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diff --git a/docs/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md b/docs/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md index 79dc12261..afccdf59a 100644 --- a/docs/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-container-checkpoint.1.md @@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ image contains established TCP connections, this options is required during restore. Defaults to not checkpointing containers with established TCP connections. +**--export, -e** + +Export the checkpoint to a tar.gz file. The exported checkpoint can be used +to import the container on another system and thus enabling container live +migration. + ## EXAMPLE podman container checkpoint mywebserver diff --git a/docs/podman-container-restore.1.md b/docs/podman-container-restore.1.md index e41f7c1d8..5efc280fe 100644 --- a/docs/podman-container-restore.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-container-restore.1.md @@ -42,6 +42,24 @@ If the checkpoint image does not contain established TCP connections this option is ignored. Defaults to not restoring containers with established TCP connections. +**--import, -i** + +Import a checkpoint tar.gz file, which was exported by Podman. This can be used +to import a checkpointed container from another host. It is not necessary to specify +a container when restoring from an exported checkpoint. + +**--name, -n** + +This is only available in combination with **--import, -i**. If a container is restored +from a checkpoint tar.gz file it is possible to rename it with **--name, -n**. This +way it is possible to restore a container from a checkpoint multiple times with different +names. + +If the **--name, -n** option is used, Podman will not attempt to assign the same IP +address to the container it was using before checkpointing as each IP address can only +be used once and the restored container will have another IP address. This also means +that **--name, -n** cannot be used in combination with **--tcp-established**. + ## EXAMPLE podman container restore mywebserver diff --git a/docs/tutorials/podman_tutorial.md b/docs/tutorials/podman_tutorial.md index 032b7c851..8b29264db 100644 --- a/docs/tutorials/podman_tutorial.md +++ b/docs/tutorials/podman_tutorial.md @@ -96,6 +96,28 @@ After being restored, the container will answer requests again as it did before curl http://<IP_address>:8080 ``` +### Migrate the container +To live migrate a container from one host to another the container is checkpointed on the source +system of the migration, transferred to the destination system and then restored on the destination +system. When transferring the checkpoint, it is possible to specify an output-file. + +On the source system: +```console +sudo podman container checkpoint <container_id> -e /tmp/checkpoint.tar.gz +scp /tmp/checkpoint.tar.gz <destination_system>:/tmp +``` + +On the destination system: +```console +sudo podman container restore -i /tmp/checkpoint.tar.gz +``` + +After being restored, the container will answer requests again as it did before checkpointing. This +time the container will continue to run on the destination system. +```console +curl http://<IP_address>:8080 +``` + ### Stopping the container To stop the httpd container: ```console |