export-lxd-container.sh

#!/bin/bash

# THIS SCRIPT WILL BACKUP AN OFFLINE LXD CONTAINER
# CHANGE THE FPATH VARIABLE BELOW TO YOUR DESIRED OUTPUT FOLDER PATH

# SET OUTPUT DIRECTORY
FPATH='/share/ZFS22_DATA/Container'

# CREATE TIME VARIABLE
TIME="$(date "+%m.%d.%Y_%I.%M.%S.%p")"

# DISPLAY THE AVAILABLE PACKAGES FOR EXPORT
clear; lxc list

# DISPLAY THE CURRENT WORKING DIRECTORY
echo -e "\\nWorking directory: $pwd\\n"

# PROMPT USER FOR INPUT
read -p 'Enter the input container name: ' cName
echo
read -p 'Enter the output file name (date and extension will be appended): ' oName

# DISPLAY THE USER'S CHOICES BEFORE EXECUTING
clear; echo -e "Input: $cName\\nOutput: $FPATH/$oName-$TIME.tar.gz\\n"

# PROMPT USER TO CONTINUE
read -t 30 -p "IMPORTANT: You have 30 seconds to cancel... Press Enter to continue"

# DISPLAY COMMAND LINE USED
clear; echo -e "Executing: lxc export \"$cName\" \"$FPATH/$oName-$TIME.tar.gz\" --optimized-storage -v\\n"

# COMPRESSED MODE
lxc export "$cName" "$FPATH/$oName-$TIME.tar.gz" --optimized-storage -v

# UN-COMPRESSED MODE... UNCOMMENT THIS IF DESIRED
# MAKE SURE YOU COMMENT OUT THE ABOVE COMMAND IF YOU DECIDE TO USE THIS ONE.
# lxc export "$cName" "$FPATH/$oName-$TIME.tar.gz" --optimized-storage --compression none -v

# REMOVE GLOBAL TIME VARIABLE
unset TIME