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6.8. Autostart
LXC supports marking containers to be started at system boot. Prior to Ubuntu 14.04, this was done using symbolic links under the directory /etc/lxc/auto. Starting with Ubuntu 14.04, it is done through the container configuration files. An entry
lxc.start.auto = 1
lxc.start.delay = 5
would mean that the container should be started at boot, and the system should wait 5 seconds before starting the next container. LXC also supports ordering and grouping of containers, as well as reboot and shutdown by autostart groups. See the manual pages for lxc-autostart and lxc.container.conf for more information.