Using vzctl to mount and unmount a container

You are able to mount and unmount a container's private area located at /vz/root/ctid, which provides the container with root filesystem that exists on the server. Mounting and unmounting containers come in handy when you have trouble accessing the filesystem for your container.

Mounting a container

To mount a container, run the following command:

vzctl mount  101

In the previous example, we used the vzctl command with the mount option to mount the private area for the container 101.

Unmounting a container

To unmount a container, run the following command:

vzctl umount 101

In the previous example, we used the vzctl command with the umount option to unmount the private area for the container 101.