gistfile1.txt

package main

import (
        "fmt"
        "gopkg.in/lxc/go-lxc.v2"
)

func main() {
        lxcpath := lxc.DefaultConfigPath()
        name := "foo"
        c, err := lxc.NewContainer(name, lxcpath)
        if err != nil {
                fmt.Printf("Could not init container: %s\n", err.Error())
        }
        options := lxc.TemplateOptions{
                Template: "/usr/share/lxc/templates/lxc-alpine",
        }

        if err := c.Create(options); err != nil {
                fmt.Printf("Could not create container: %s\n", err.Error())
        }

        output, err := c.Execute("/bin/ls", "/")
        // will always fail here with "container already defined"
        if err != nil {
                fmt.Printf("%s\n", err.Error())
        } else {
                fmt.Printf("%s\n", output)
        }
}