2.13.6. Restarting Containers

You can restart containers from the inside using typical Linux commands, e.g., reboot or shutdown -r. Restarting is handled by the vzeventd daemon.

If necessary, you can forbid restarting containers from the inside as follows:

  • To disable restarting for a specific container, add the ALLOWREBOOT="no" line to the container configuration file (/etc/vz/conf/<UUID>.conf).
  • To disable restarting globally for all containers on the server, add the ALLOWREBOOT="no" line to the global configuration file (/etc/vz/vz.conf).
  • To disable restarting globally except for specific containers, add the ALLOWREBOOT="no" line to the global configuration file (/etc/vz/vz.conf) and explicitly specify ALLOWREBOOT="yes" in the configuration files of the respective containers.