lxc-top

displays real-time resource usage of LXC containers similar to top for processes

TLDR

Start lxc-top

$ lxc-top

Set update interval

$ lxc-top --delay 5

Sort by criteria

$ lxc-top --sort [n|c|b|m|k]

SYNOPSIS

lxc-top [options]

DESCRIPTION

lxc-top displays real-time resource usage of LXC containers similar to top for processes. It shows CPU, memory, and I/O statistics for all running containers.

PARAMETERS

-d, --delay SECONDS

Update interval (default: 3)

-s, --sort CRITERIA

Sort by: n(name), c(cpu), b(block I/O), m(memory), k(kernel memory)

-r, --reverse

Reverse sort order

-?, --help

Display help information

DISPLAY COLUMNS

Container: Container nameCPU: CPU usage percentageMemUse: Memory usageMemLim: Memory limitBLKIO: Block I/O statistics

INSTALL

sudo apt install lxc

sudo dnf install lxc

sudo pacman -S lxc

sudo apk add lxc

sudo zypper install lxc

brew install lxc

nix profile install nixpkgs#lxc