How do I copy a file/directory from host into a LXD container?

Question

I have a file/directory on the host that I want to copy into the LXD container.

What is the command to copy the host -> container?

From the host cp source destination. What problem are you having with that, we need more information — Panther, Jun 20 '18 at 17:08

score 13 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 03 '18 at 10:42

Suppose we want to copy file.txt from host to /home/ubuntu/ directory of the container1

lxc file push file.txt container1/home/ubuntu/

to copy a directory from host to container, use -r

lxc file push -r direcoty/ vm1/home/ubuntu/

to copy file from container to host, use pull

lxc file pull vm1/home/ubuntu/file.txt .

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