CONTAINER

NAME

container - Manage systemd-nspawn containers

SYNOPSIS

container 'COMMAND' ['OPTIONS']
container 'COMMAND1','COMMAND2',... 'COMMANDn'

DESCRIPTION

compute-tools provides the system integration for managing containers using systemd-nspawn.

OPTIONS

The following container common options are available:
-n, --name='NAME':

Specify container name.

COMMANDS

The following container commands are available:
build:

Build a new container, see container-build(1).

start:

Start a container, see container-start(1).

rebuild:

Rebuild a container, see container-rebuild(1).

restart:

Restart a container, see container-restart(1).

stop:

Stop a container, see container-stop(1).

remove:

Remove a container, see container-remove(1).

move:

Rename a container, see container-move(1).

console:

Attach console to a container, see container-console(1).

enter:

Enter a container namespace, see container-enter(1).

	run:		Execute commands in a container namespace, see container-run(1).
	info:		Show specific information of a container, see container-info(1).
	key:		Manage GnuPG keyring for container operations, see container-key(1).

limit:

Limit resources of a container, see container-limit(1).

	list:		List container on the system, see container-list(1).
	log:		Show container log, see container-log(1).

status:

Show container status, see container-status(1).

top:

Dynamic list of container on the system, see container-top(1).

update:

Update the packages installed in a container.

version:

Show container version, see container-version(1).

FILES

The following files are used:
/etc/compute-tools/container.conf,
/etc/compute-tools/container.conf.d/*.conf:

Container configuration files.

/usr/bin/container, /usr/bin/cnt:

Container program.

/usr/bin/container-shell, /usr/bin/cntsh:

Container shell program.

/usr/libexec/container:

Container commands.

/usr/share/compute-tools/:

Container shared data.

/usr/share/doc/compute-tools:

Container documentation files.

/var/cache/container:

Container cache directory.

/var/lib/machines:

Container root directory.

/var/log/compute-tools:

Container log files.

SEE ALSO

machinectl(1),
systemd-nspawn(1).

HOMEPAGE

More information about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage (https://open-infrastructure.net).

CONTACT

Bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else are welcome on the Open Infrastructure Software Mailing List <- software@lists.open-infrastructure.net>.

Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System (https://bugs.debian.org).

AUTHORS

compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann <- daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net> and others.