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+<refentry id="systemd.nspawn" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd.nspawn</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd.nspawn</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd.nspawn</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Container settings</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>/etc/systemd/nspawn/<replaceable>machine</replaceable>.nspawn</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/run/systemd/nspawn/<replaceable>machine</replaceable>.nspawn</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/var/lib/machines/<replaceable>machine</replaceable>.nspawn</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>An nspawn container settings file (suffix <filename>.nspawn</filename>) contains runtime
+ configuration for a local container, and is used by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Files of this type are named after the containers they define settings for. They are optional, and only
+ required for containers whose execution environment shall differ from the defaults. Files of this type
+ mostly contain settings that may also be set on the <command>systemd-nspawn</command> command line, and
+ make it easier to persistently attach specific settings to specific containers. The syntax of these files
+ is inspired by <filename>.desktop</filename> files, similarly to other configuration files supported by
+ the systemd project. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.syntax</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry> for an
+ overview.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title><filename>.nspawn</filename> File Discovery</title>
+
+ <para>Files are searched for by appending the <filename>.nspawn</filename> suffix to the machine name of
+ the container, as specified with the <option>--machine=</option> switch of
+ <command>systemd-nspawn</command>, or derived from the directory or image file name. This file is first
+ searched for in <filename>/etc/systemd/nspawn/</filename> and
+ <filename>/run/systemd/nspawn/</filename>. If found there, the settings are read and all of them take
+ full effect (but may still be overridden by corresponding command line arguments). Otherwise, the file
+ will then be searched for next to the image file or in the immediate parent of the root directory of the
+ container. If the file is found there, only a subset of the settings will take effect however. All
+ settings that possibly elevate privileges or grant additional access to resources of the host (such as
+ files or directories) are ignored. To which options this applies is documented below.</para>
+
+ <para>Persistent settings files created and maintained by the
+ administrator (and thus trusted) should be placed in
+ <filename>/etc/systemd/nspawn/</filename>, while automatically
+ downloaded (and thus potentially untrusted) settings files are
+ placed in <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> instead (next to
+ the container images), where their security impact is limited. In
+ order to add privileged settings to <filename>.nspawn</filename>
+ files acquired from the image vendor, it is recommended to copy the
+ settings files into <filename>/etc/systemd/nspawn/</filename> and
+ edit them there, so that the privileged options become
+ available. The precise algorithm for how the files are searched and
+ interpreted may be configured with
+ <command>systemd-nspawn</command>'s <option>--settings=</option>
+ switch, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[Exec] Section Options</title>
+
+ <para>Settings files may include an [Exec]
+ section, which carries various execution parameters:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='nspawn-directives'>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Boot=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument, which defaults to off. If enabled, <command>systemd-nspawn</command>
+ will automatically search for an <filename>init</filename> executable and invoke it. In this case, the
+ specified parameters using <varname>Parameters=</varname> are passed as additional arguments to the
+ <filename>init</filename> process. This setting corresponds to the <option>--boot</option> switch on the
+ <command>systemd-nspawn</command> command line. This option may not be combined with
+ <varname>ProcessTwo=yes</varname>. This option is specified by default in the
+ <filename>systemd-nspawn@.service</filename> template unit.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Ephemeral=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument, which defaults to off, If enabled, the container is run with
+ a temporary snapshot of its file system that is removed immediately when the container terminates.
+ This is equivalent to the <option>--ephemeral</option> command line switch. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details
+ about the specific options supported.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v240"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ProcessTwo=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument, which defaults to off. If enabled, the specified program is run as
+ PID 2. A stub init process is run as PID 1. This setting corresponds to the <option>--as-pid2</option> switch
+ on the <command>systemd-nspawn</command> command line. This option may not be combined with
+ <varname>Boot=yes</varname>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v229"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Parameters=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a whitespace-separated list of arguments. Single (<literal>'</literal>) and
+ double (<literal>"</literal>) quotes may be used around arguments with whitespace. This is either a
+ command line, beginning with the binary name to execute, or – if <varname>Boot=</varname> is enabled
+ – the list of arguments to pass to the init process. This setting corresponds to the command line
+ parameters passed on the <command>systemd-nspawn</command> command line.</para>
+
+ <para>Note: <option>Boot=no</option>, <option>Parameters=a b "c c"</option> is the same as
+ <command>systemd-nspawn a b "c c"</command>, and <option>Boot=yes</option>, <option>Parameters=b 'c c'</option>
+ is the same as <command>systemd-nspawn --boot b 'c c'</command>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Environment=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes an environment variable assignment
+ consisting of key and value, separated by
+ <literal>=</literal>. Sets an environment variable for the
+ main process invoked in the container. This setting may be
+ used multiple times to set multiple environment variables. It
+ corresponds to the <option>--setenv=</option> command line
+ switch.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>User=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a UNIX user name. Specifies the user
+ name to invoke the main process of the container as. This user
+ must be known in the container's user database. This
+ corresponds to the <option>--user=</option> command line
+ switch.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>WorkingDirectory=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Selects the working directory for the process invoked in the container. Expects an absolute
+ path in the container's file system namespace. This corresponds to the <option>--chdir=</option> command line
+ switch.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v229"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PivotRoot=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Selects a directory to pivot to <filename>/</filename> inside the container when starting up.
+ Takes a single path, or a pair of two paths separated by a colon. Both paths must be absolute, and are resolved
+ in the container's file system namespace. This corresponds to the <option>--pivot-root=</option> command line
+ switch.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Capability=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>DropCapability=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated list of Linux process
+ capabilities (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details). The <varname>Capability=</varname> setting
+ specifies additional capabilities to pass on top of the
+ default set of capabilities. The
+ <varname>DropCapability=</varname> setting specifies
+ capabilities to drop from the default set. These settings
+ correspond to the <option>--capability=</option> and
+ <option>--drop-capability=</option> command line
+ switches. Note that <varname>Capability=</varname> is a
+ privileged setting, and only takes effect in
+ <filename>.nspawn</filename> files in
+ <filename>/etc/systemd/nspawn/</filename> and
+ <filename>/run/system/nspawn/</filename> (see above). On the
+ other hand, <varname>DropCapability=</varname> takes effect in
+ all cases. If the special value <literal>all</literal> is passed, all
+ capabilities are retained (or dropped).</para>
+ <para>These settings change the bounding set of capabilities which
+ also limits the ambient capabilities as given with the
+ <varname>AmbientCapability=</varname>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>AmbientCapability=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated list of Linux process
+ capabilities (see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>capabilities</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details). The <varname>AmbientCapability=</varname> setting
+ specifies capabilities which will be passed to the started program
+ in the inheritable and ambient capability sets. This will grant
+ these capabilities to this process. This setting correspond to
+ the <option>--ambient-capability=</option> command line switch.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>The value <literal>all</literal> is not supported for this
+ setting.</para>
+
+ <para>The setting of <varname>AmbientCapability=</varname> must
+ be covered by the bounding set settings which were established by
+ <varname>Capability=</varname> and <varname>DropCapability=</varname>.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>Note that <varname>AmbientCapability=</varname> is a privileged
+ setting (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v248"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>NoNewPrivileges=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument that controls the <constant>PR_SET_NO_NEW_PRIVS</constant> flag for
+ the container payload. This is equivalent to the
+ <option>--no-new-privileges=</option> command line switch. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>KillSignal=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Specify the process signal to send to the
+ container's PID 1 when nspawn itself receives SIGTERM, in
+ order to trigger an orderly shutdown of the container.
+ Defaults to SIGRTMIN+3 if <option>Boot=</option> is used
+ (on systemd-compatible init systems SIGRTMIN+3 triggers an
+ orderly shutdown). For a list of valid signals, see
+ <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>signal</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Personality=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures the kernel personality for the
+ container. This is equivalent to the
+ <option>--personality=</option> switch.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MachineID=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures the 128-bit machine ID (UUID) to pass to
+ the container. This is equivalent to the
+ <option>--uuid=</option> command line switch. This option is
+ privileged (see above). </para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PrivateUsers=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures support for usernamespacing. This is equivalent to the
+ <option>--private-users=</option> command line switch, and takes the same options. This option is privileged
+ (see above). This option is the default if the <filename>systemd-nspawn@.service</filename> template unit file
+ is used.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>NotifyReady=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures support for notifications from the container's init process. This is equivalent to
+ the <option>--notify-ready=</option> command line switch, and takes the same parameters. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details
+ about the specific options supported.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v231"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SystemCallFilter=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures the system call filter applied to containers. This is equivalent to the
+ <option>--system-call-filter=</option> command line switch, and takes the same list parameter. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v235"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>LimitCPU=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitFSIZE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitDATA=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitSTACK=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitCORE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitRSS=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitNOFILE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitAS=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitNPROC=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitMEMLOCK=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitLOCKS=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitSIGPENDING=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitMSGQUEUE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitNICE=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitRTPRIO=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>LimitRTTIME=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures various types of resource limits applied to containers. This is equivalent to the
+ <option>--rlimit=</option> command line switch, and takes the same arguments. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>OOMScoreAdjust=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures the OOM score adjustment value. This is equivalent to the
+ <option>--oom-score-adjust=</option> command line switch, and takes the same argument. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>CPUAffinity=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures the CPU affinity. This is equivalent to the <option>--cpu-affinity=</option> command
+ line switch, and takes the same argument. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Hostname=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures the kernel hostname set for the container. This is equivalent to the
+ <option>--hostname=</option> command line switch, and takes the same argument. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ResolvConf=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures how <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> in the container shall be handled. This is
+ equivalent to the <option>--resolv-conf=</option> command line switch, and takes the same argument. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Timezone=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures how <filename>/etc/localtime</filename> in the container shall be handled. This is
+ equivalent to the <option>--timezone=</option> command line switch, and takes the same argument. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>LinkJournal=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures how to link host and container journal setups. This is equivalent to the
+ <option>--link-journal=</option> command line switch, and takes the same parameter. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for
+ details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v239"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>SuppressSync=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures whether to suppress disk synchronization for the container payload. This
+ is equivalent to the <option>--suppress-sync=</option> command line switch, and takes the same
+ parameter. See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v250"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[Files] Section Options</title>
+
+ <para>Settings files may include a [Files]
+ section, which carries various parameters configuring the file
+ system of the container:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='nspawn-directives'>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>ReadOnly=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument, which defaults to off. If
+ specified, the container will be run with a read-only file
+ system. This setting corresponds to the
+ <option>--read-only</option> command line
+ switch.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Volatile=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument, or the special value
+ <literal>state</literal>. This configures whether to run the
+ container with volatile state and/or configuration. This
+ option is equivalent to <option>--volatile=</option>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details about the specific options
+ supported.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Bind=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>BindReadOnly=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Adds a bind mount from the host into the
+ container. Takes a single path, a pair of two paths separated
+ by a colon, or a triplet of two paths plus an option string
+ separated by colons. This option may be used multiple times to
+ configure multiple bind mounts. This option is equivalent to
+ the command line switches <option>--bind=</option> and
+ <option>--bind-ro=</option>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details about the specific options supported. This setting
+ is privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>BindUser=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Binds a user from the host into the container. This option is equivalent to the
+ command line switch <option>--bind-user=</option>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details about the specific options supported. This setting is privileged (see
+ above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>TemporaryFileSystem=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Adds a <literal>tmpfs</literal> mount to the
+ container. Takes a path or a pair of path and option string,
+ separated by a colon. This option may be used multiple times to
+ configure multiple <literal>tmpfs</literal> mounts. This
+ option is equivalent to the command line switch
+ <option>--tmpfs=</option>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for details about the specific options supported. This setting
+ is privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Inaccessible=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Masks the specified file or directory in the container, by over-mounting it with an empty file
+ node of the same type with the most restrictive access mode. Takes a file system path as argument. This option
+ may be used multiple times to mask multiple files or directories. This option is equivalent to the command line
+ switch <option>--inaccessible=</option>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details
+ about the specific options supported. This setting is privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v242"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Overlay=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>OverlayReadOnly=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Adds an overlay mount point. Takes a colon-separated list of paths. This option may be used
+ multiple times to configure multiple overlay mounts. This option is equivalent to the command line switches
+ <option>--overlay=</option> and <option>--overlay-ro=</option>, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> for details
+ about the specific options supported. This setting is privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v233"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PrivateUsersOwnership=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Configures whether the ownership of the files and directories in the container tree
+ shall be adjusted to the UID/GID range used, if necessary and user namespacing is enabled. This is
+ equivalent to the <option>--private-users-ownership=</option> command line switch. This option is
+ privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v249"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[Network] Section Options</title>
+
+ <para>Settings files may include a [Network]
+ section, which carries various parameters configuring the network
+ connectivity of the container:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='nspawn-directives'>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Private=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument, which defaults to off. If
+ enabled, the container will run in its own network namespace
+ and not share network interfaces and configuration with the
+ host. This setting corresponds to the
+ <option>--private-network</option> command line
+ switch.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>VirtualEthernet=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether to create a virtual Ethernet connection
+ (<literal>veth</literal>) between host and the container. This setting implies
+ <varname>Private=yes</varname>. This setting corresponds to the <option>--network-veth</option> command line
+ switch. This option is privileged (see above). This option is the default if the
+ <filename>systemd-nspawn@.service</filename> template unit file is used.</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>VirtualEthernetExtra=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a colon-separated pair of interface names. Configures an additional virtual
+ Ethernet connection (<literal>veth</literal>) between host and the container. The first specified
+ name is the interface name on the host, the second the interface name in the container. The latter
+ may be omitted in which case it is set to the same name as the host side interface. This setting
+ implies <varname>Private=yes</varname>. This setting corresponds to the
+ <option>--network-veth-extra=</option> command line switch, and may be used multiple times. It is
+ independent of <varname>VirtualEthernet=</varname>. Note that this option is unrelated to the
+ <varname>Bridge=</varname> setting below, and thus any connections created this way are not
+ automatically added to any bridge device on the host side. This option is privileged (see
+ above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v228"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Interface=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated list of interfaces to add to the container.
+ The interface object is defined either by a single interface name, referencing the name on the host,
+ or a colon-separated pair of interfaces, in which case the first one references the name on the host,
+ and the second one the name in the container.
+ This option corresponds to the
+ <option>--network-interface=</option> command line switch and
+ implies <varname>Private=yes</varname>. This option is
+ privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MACVLAN=</varname></term>
+ <term><varname>IPVLAN=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a space-separated list of interfaces to
+ add MACLVAN or IPVLAN interfaces to, which are then added to
+ the container. The interface object is defined either by a single interface name, referencing the name
+ on the host, or a colon-separated pair of interfaces, in which case the first one references the name
+ on the host, and the second one the name in the container. These options correspond to the
+ <option>--network-macvlan=</option> and
+ <option>--network-ipvlan=</option> command line switches and
+ imply <varname>Private=yes</varname>. These options are
+ privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Bridge=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes an interface name. This setting implies
+ <varname>VirtualEthernet=yes</varname> and
+ <varname>Private=yes</varname> and has the effect that the
+ host side of the created virtual Ethernet link is connected to
+ the specified bridge interface. This option corresponds to the
+ <option>--network-bridge=</option> command line switch. This
+ option is privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Zone=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Takes a network zone name. This setting implies <varname>VirtualEthernet=yes</varname> and
+ <varname>Private=yes</varname> and has the effect that the host side of the created virtual Ethernet link is
+ connected to an automatically managed bridge interface named after the passed argument, prefixed with
+ <literal>vz-</literal>. This option corresponds to the <option>--network-zone=</option> command line
+ switch. This option is privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v230"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Port=</varname></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Exposes a TCP or UDP port of the container on
+ the host. This option corresponds to the
+ <option>--port=</option> command line switch, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for the precise syntax of the argument this option takes. This
+ option is privileged (see above).</para>
+
+ <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v226"/></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.directives</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>