2017-09-08 16:09:36 good LXC0 works with MySQL It was not difficult. MySQL requires very little to start. Not even bash. The command for strace is simply this: strace -f -o /tmp/log.mysql /usr/libexec/mysqld --basedir=/usr --user=mysql You just need some code to swap-in and out the /var/lib/mysql directory and you are good.