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cgcreate — Create cgroups, used to limit, measure, and control resources used by processes. `cgroups` types can

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Problem

How to use the cgcreate command: Create cgroups, used to limit, measure, and control resources used by processes. cgroups types can be memory, cpu, net_cls, etc. More information: <https://manned.org/cgcreate>.

Solution

cgcreate — Create cgroups, used to limit, measure, and control resources used by processes. cgroups types can be memory, cpu, net_cls, etc. More information: <https://manned.org/cgcreate>.

Create a new [g]roup:

cgcreate -g {{group_type}}:{{group_name}}

Create a new [g]roup with multiple cgroup types:

cgcreate -g {{group_type1}},{{group_type2}}:{{group_name}}

Create a subgroup:

mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/{{group_type}}/{{group_name}}/{{subgroup_name}}

Code Snippets

Create a new [g]roup

cgcreate -g {{group_type}}:{{group_name}}

Create a new [g]roup with multiple cgroup types

cgcreate -g {{group_type1}},{{group_type2}}:{{group_name}}

Create a subgroup

mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/{{group_type}}/{{group_name}}/{{subgroup_name}}

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