[pve-devel] [PATCH v2 docs] pct: mention the new --debug flag for obtaining logs
Oguz Bektas
o.bektas at proxmox.com
Wed Feb 24 15:17:11 CET 2021
and make minor changes like s/ID/CTID for clarity
Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas <o.bektas at proxmox.com>
---
v1->v2:
* missed one s/ID/CTID
pct.adoc | 16 +++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pct.adoc b/pct.adoc
index ddc16e2..c064911 100644
--- a/pct.adoc
+++ b/pct.adoc
@@ -806,17 +806,23 @@ Obtaining Debugging Logs
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In case `pct start` is unable to start a specific container, it might be
-helpful to collect debugging output by running `lxc-start` (replace `ID` with
-the container's ID):
+helpful to collect debugging output by passing the `--debug` flag (replace `CTID` with
+the container's CTID):
----
-# lxc-start -n ID -F -l DEBUG -o /tmp/lxc-ID.log
+# pct start CTID --debug
+----
+
+or alternatively with `lxc-start` command (which will produce a log file):
+
+----
+# lxc-start -n CTID -F -l DEBUG -o /tmp/lxc-CTID.log
----
This command will attempt to start the container in foreground mode, to stop
-the container run `pct shutdown ID` or `pct stop ID` in a second terminal.
+the container run `pct shutdown CTID` or `pct stop CTID` in a second terminal.
-The collected debug log is written to `/tmp/lxc-ID.log`.
+The collected debug log is written to `/tmp/lxc-CTID.log`.
NOTE: If you have changed the container's configuration since the last start
attempt with `pct start`, you need to run `pct start` at least once to also
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2.20.1
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