Migrate unprivileged LXC container to a new host

lxc_migrate.md

Migrate unprivileged LXC container to a new host

Shutdown the container

lxc-stop -n $NAME

Archive container rootfs and config

cd $HOME/.local/share/lxc/$NAME
sudo -s
tar --numeric-owner -czvf container_fs.tar.gz ./*

Copy the file to your new host

rsync -avh container_fs.tar.gz user@newserver:.local/share/lxc/

Extract rootfs

mkdir $HOME/.local/share/lxc/$NAME
chown 100000:$USER $HOME/.local/share/lxc/$NAME
cd $HOME/.local/share/lxc/$NAME
sudo -s
tar --numeric-owner -xzvf ../container_fs.tar.gz .

References

1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23427129/how-do-i-backup-move-lxc-containers

I noticed you have sudo -s, does this mean I need to add the user which runs my unprivileged containers to the sudo group?