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# stop
sudo lxc-stop --name my-container
 
# destroy
sudo lxc-destroy --name my-container
 

There is more to research,

# snapshot
# rename

Cloning a Container

One of the most exciting aspects of containers is being able to clone (duplicate).

Shutdown (not entirely sure if needed but I do as principle) your container and clone from the host,

# clone, but you still have to manually change the host file
sudo lxc-clone -o original -n new
sudo sed -i 's/original/new/' /var/lib/lxc/new/rootfs/etc/hosts # update host file
 
# rename

Clone - after cloning make sure to manually update the hosts file as it still uses the older name.

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Next boot up your container, log via the lxc console (is less steps) or ssh with a sudo enabled account and change your SSH host keys,

sudo rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_* # delete original keys
dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server # generate new keys

If you chose to log in using ssh, you will want to log out and update your fingerprint file otherwise you will receive a "REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!" error and not be able to ssh in. Different ways of doing this. On a Unix, Linux or Mac OS X operating system,

ssh-keygen -R remote-server-name-here 

 If you want to go the extra mile you might want to clear out or do a search and replace on your log files,

/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/var/lib/dhcp/dhclient.eth0.leases
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/var/log/auth.log
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/var/log/syslog.1
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/var/log/kern.log
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/var/log/auth.log.1
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/var/log/syslog
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/var/log/kern.log.1
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key.pub
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub
/var/lib/lxc/t02app/rootfs/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub 

Share Folders with Host

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Still to read - appears to be distilled LXC theory - http://the.binbashtheory.com/before-you-start-with-lxc-and-docker/#more-26

How to change ssh host keys - http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-regenerate-openssh-host-keys/