Problem/Justification
At present there is no easy way to backup and restore a LXC container
Containers probably store their configuration data with in the LXC
As the saying goes RAID isn’t a Backup
Impact
As LXCs become more popular having a way to backup & restore then just seems normal, rather than having to recreate them
A way to put a file on a user accessible share would work
User Story
@Samuel_Tai has created snapshots on the command line / cron job with
zfs snapshot <pool>/.ix-virt/containers/<container name>
@LarsR points out this can’t be done from the UI
they’re stored in a hidden dataset called .ix-virt