Update document about copying files to containers

pull/18777/head
Hiroaki Nakamura 8 years ago committed by Matt Clay
parent 156a711753
commit f7dcadeb07

@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ notes:
2.1, the later requires python to be installed in the container which can
be done with the command module.
- You can copy a file from the host to the container
with `command=lxc file push filename container_name/dir/filename`
on localhost. See the first example below.
with the Ansible `copy` and `template` module and the `lxd` connection plugin.
See the example below.
- You can copy a file in the creatd container to the localhost
with `command=lxc file pull container_name/dir/filename filename`.
See the first example below.
@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ EXAMPLES = """
tasks:
- name: Create a started container
lxd_container:
name: my-ubuntu
name: mycontainer
state: started
config:
source:
@ -92,19 +92,28 @@ EXAMPLES = """
protocol: lxd
alias: "ubuntu/xenial/amd64"
profiles: ["default"]
- name: Install python in the created container "nettest"
command: lxc exec my-ubuntu -- apt install -y python
- name: Copy somefile.txt to /tmp/renamed.txt in the created container "nettest"
command: lxc file push somefile.txt nettest/tmp/renamed.txt
- name: Copy /etc/hosts in the created container "nettest" to localhost with name "nettest-hosts"
command: lxc file pull nettest/etc/hosts nettest-hosts
- name: Install python in the created container "mycontainer"
command: lxc exec mycontainer -- apt install -y python
- name: Copy /etc/hosts in the created container "mycontainer" to localhost with name "mycontainer-hosts"
command: lxc file pull mycontainer/etc/hosts mycontainer-hosts
# Note your container must be in the inventory for the below example.
#
# [containers]
# mycontainer ansible_connection=lxd
#
- hosts:
- mycontainer
tasks:
- template: src=foo.j2 dest=/etc/bar
- hosts: localhost
connection: local
tasks:
- name: Create a stopped container
lxd_container:
name: my-ubuntu
name: mycontainer
state: stopped
config:
source:
@ -120,7 +129,7 @@ EXAMPLES = """
tasks:
- name: Restart a container
lxd_container:
name: my-ubuntu
name: mycontainer
state: restarted
config:
source:

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