CONTAINER-BUILD

NAME

container-build - Build a container

SYNOPSIS

container build ['OPTIONS']
cnt b ['OPTIONS']

DESCRIPTION

The container build command builds a container based on a script.

Scripts

The following build scripts are available:
debootstrap:

Basic script to build Debian based container, see container-build-debootstrap(1).

debconf:

Advanced script to automatically build Debian based container, see container-build-debconf(1).

default:

Symlink (if existing) to a build script which is used if no script was specified. On Debian based system this can be managed through update-alternatives(1), i.e. 'sudo update-alternatives --config container_build-script'.

OPTIONS

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

Specify container name.

-c, --capability='CAPABILITY':

Specify capabilities to grant, see capabilities(7).

-d, --drop-capability='DROP_CAPABILITY':

Specify capabilities to drop, see capabilities(7).

-s, --script='SCRIPT':

Specify container build script, defaults to 'debootstrap'.

-v, --verbose:

Explain what is being done.

-b, --bind='DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]':

Specify container read-write bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind option.

--bind-ro='DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]':

Specify container read-only bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind-ro option.

--cnt-overlay='DIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED[;DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED]':

Specify container overlay mounts, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.

--cnt.overlay-options='OPTION1,OPTION2[;OPTION3,OPTION4]':

Specify container overlay mount options, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.

--cnt.start='OPTION1[,OPTION2,...]':

Specify container start options, see container-start(1).

EXAMPLES

Build example.net container using debootstrap script:

sudo container build -n example.net -s debootstrap

Build example.net container using debconf script:

sudo container build -n example.net -s debconf

Build example.net container with the default build script and start it:

sudo container build,start -n example.net

SEE ALSO

compute-tools(7),
container(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.