[pve-devel] [PATCH v2 docs] pct: mention the new --debug flag for obtaining logs

[pve-devel] [PATCH v2 docs] pct: mention the new --debug flag for obtaining logs

[Oguz Bektas]

and make minor changes like s/ID/CTID for clarity

Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas <o.bektas@proxmox.com>
---
v1->v2:
* missed one s/ID/CTID


 pct.adoc | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pct.adoc b/pct.adoc
index ddc16e2..c064911 100644
--- a/pct.adoc
+++ b/pct.adoc
@@ -806,17 +806,23 @@ Obtaining Debugging Logs
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 In case `pct start` is unable to start a specific container, it might be
-helpful to collect debugging output by running `lxc-start` (replace `ID` with
-the container's ID):
+helpful to collect debugging output by passing the `--debug` flag (replace `CTID` with
+the container's CTID):
 
 ----
-# lxc-start -n ID -F -l DEBUG -o /tmp/lxc-ID.log
+# pct start CTID --debug
+----
+
+or alternatively with `lxc-start` command (which will produce a log file):
+
+----
+# lxc-start -n CTID -F -l DEBUG -o /tmp/lxc-CTID.log
 ----
 
 This command will attempt to start the container in foreground mode, to stop
-the container run `pct shutdown ID` or `pct stop ID` in a second terminal.
+the container run `pct shutdown CTID` or `pct stop CTID` in a second terminal.
 
-The collected debug log is written to `/tmp/lxc-ID.log`.
+The collected debug log is written to `/tmp/lxc-CTID.log`.
 
 NOTE: If you have changed the container's configuration since the last start
 attempt with `pct start`, you need to run `pct start` at least once to also
-- 
2.20.1

[pve-devel] applied: [PATCH v2 docs] pct: mention the new --debug flag for obtaining logs

[Thomas Lamprecht]

On 24.02.21 15:17, Oguz Bektas wrote:
> and make minor changes like s/ID/CTID for clarity
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oguz Bektas <o.bektas@proxmox.com>
> ---
> v1->v2:
> * missed one s/ID/CTID
> 
> 
>  pct.adoc | 16 +++++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
>

applied, thanks!