#!/bin/bash
#this script makes a copy of each container and backups afterwards the copies

for container in $(lxc list --format csv -c n | grep -v backup);
do 
	lxc copy ${container} ${container}-backup
	lxc export ${container}-backup $(date +%Y_%m_%d)-${container}.tar.gz --optimized-storage
	lxc delete ${container}-backup
done