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+<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
+
+<refentry id="machinectl" conditional='ENABLE_MACHINED'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>machinectl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>machinectl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the systemd machine manager</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>machinectl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>machinectl</command> may be used to introspect and
+ control the state of the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ virtual machine and container registration manager
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para><command>machinectl</command> may be used to execute
+ operations on machines and images. Machines in this sense are
+ considered running instances of:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Virtual Machines (VMs) that virtualize hardware
+ to run full operating system (OS) instances (including their kernels)
+ in a virtualized environment on top of the host OS.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Containers that share the hardware and
+ OS kernel with the host OS, in order to run
+ OS userspace instances on top the host OS.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>The host system itself.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>Machines are identified by names that follow the same rules
+ as UNIX and DNS hostnames. For details, see below.</para>
+
+ <para>Machines are instantiated from disk or file system images that
+ frequently — but not necessarily — carry the same name as machines running
+ from them. Images in this sense may be:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Directory trees containing an OS, including the
+ top-level directories <filename>/usr/</filename>,
+ <filename>/etc/</filename>, and so on.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>btrfs subvolumes containing OS trees, similar to regular directory trees.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Binary "raw" disk image files containing MBR or GPT partition tables and Linux file
+ systems.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Similarly, block devices containing MBR or GPT partition tables and file systems.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>The file system tree of the host OS itself.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <refsect2><title>Machine Commands</title><variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List currently running (online) virtual
+ machines and containers. To enumerate machine images that can
+ be started, use <command>list-images</command> (see
+ below). Note that this command hides the special
+ <literal>.host</literal> machine by default. Use the
+ <option>--all</option> switch to show it.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>status</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show runtime status information about
+ one or more virtual machines and containers, followed by the
+ most recent log data from the journal. This function is
+ intended to generate human-readable output. If you are looking
+ for computer-parsable output, use <command>show</command>
+ instead. Note that the log data shown is reported by the
+ virtual machine or container manager, and frequently contains
+ console output of the machine, but not necessarily journal
+ contents of the machine itself.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>show</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show properties of one or more registered virtual machines or containers or the manager
+ itself. If no argument is specified, properties of the manager will be shown. If a NAME is specified,
+ properties of this virtual machine or container are shown. By default, empty properties are suppressed. Use
+ <option>--all</option> to show those too. To select specific properties to show, use
+ <option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be used whenever computer-parsable output is
+ required, and does not print the control group tree or journal entries. Use <command>status</command> if you
+ are looking for formatted human-readable output.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>start</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Start a container as a system service, using
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ This starts <filename>systemd-nspawn@.service</filename>,
+ instantiated for the specified machine name, similar to the
+ effect of <command>systemctl start</command> on the service
+ name. <command>systemd-nspawn</command> looks for a container
+ image by the specified name in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> (and other search
+ paths, see below) and runs it. Use
+ <command>list-images</command> (see below) for listing
+ available container images to start.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ also interfaces with a variety of other container and VM
+ managers, <command>systemd-nspawn</command> is just one
+ implementation of it. Most of the commands available in
+ <command>machinectl</command> may be used on containers or VMs
+ controlled by other managers, not just
+ <command>systemd-nspawn</command>. Starting VMs and container
+ images on those managers requires manager-specific
+ tools.</para>
+
+ <para>To interactively start a container on the command line
+ with full access to the container's console, please invoke
+ <command>systemd-nspawn</command> directly. To stop a running
+ container use <command>machinectl poweroff</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>login</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Open an interactive terminal login session in
+ a container or on the local host. If an argument is supplied,
+ it refers to the container machine to connect to. If none is
+ specified, or the container name is specified as the empty
+ string, or the special machine name <literal>.host</literal>
+ (see below) is specified, the connection is made to the local
+ host instead. This will create a TTY connection to a specific
+ container or the local host and asks for the execution of a
+ getty on it. Note that this is only supported for containers
+ running
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ as init system.</para>
+
+ <para>This command will open a full login prompt on the
+ container or the local host, which then asks for username and
+ password. Use <command>shell</command> (see below) or
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ with the <option>--machine=</option> switch to directly invoke
+ a single command, either interactively or in the
+ background.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>shell</command> [[<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>@]<replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable>…]]] </term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Open an interactive shell session in a
+ container or on the local host. The first argument refers to
+ the container machine to connect to. If none is specified, or
+ the machine name is specified as the empty string, or the
+ special machine name <literal>.host</literal> (see below) is
+ specified, the connection is made to the local host
+ instead. This works similarly to <command>login</command>, but
+ immediately invokes a user process. This command runs the
+ specified executable with the specified arguments, or the
+ default shell for the user if none is specified, or
+ <filename>/bin/sh</filename> if no default shell is found. By default,
+ <option>--uid=</option>, or by prefixing the machine name with
+ a username and an <literal>@</literal> character, a different
+ user may be selected. Use <option>--setenv=</option> to set
+ environment variables for the executed process.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that <command>machinectl shell</command> does not propagate the exit code/status of the invoked
+ shell process. Use <command>systemd-run</command> instead if that information is required (see below).</para>
+
+ <para>Using the <command>shell</command> command without arguments (thus invoking the executed shell
+ or command on the local host), is in many ways similar to a <citerefentry
+ project='die-net'><refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> session,
+ but, unlike <command>su</command>, completely isolates the new session from the originating session,
+ so that it shares no process or session properties and is in a clean well-defined state. It will be
+ tracked in a new utmp, login, audit, security, and keyring sessions, and will not inherit any
+ environment variables or resource limits, among other properties.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> with
+ its <option>--machine=</option> switch may be used in place of the <command>machinectl
+ shell</command> command, and allows non-interactive operation, more detailed and low-level
+ configuration of the invoked unit, as well as access to runtime and exit code/status information of
+ the invoked shell process. In particular, use <command>systemd-run</command>'s
+ <option>--wait</option> switch to propagate exit status information of the invoked process. Use
+ <command>systemd-run</command>'s <option>--pty</option> switch to acquire an interactive shell,
+ similarly to <command>machinectl shell</command>. In general, <command>systemd-run</command> is
+ preferable for scripting purposes. However, note that <command>systemd-run</command> might require
+ higher privileges than <command>machinectl shell</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>enable</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+ <term><command>disable</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Enable or disable a container as a system service to start at system boot, using
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ This enables or disables <filename>systemd-nspawn@.service</filename>, instantiated for the specified
+ machine name, similarly to the effect of <command>systemctl enable</command> or <command>systemctl
+ disable</command> on the service name.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>poweroff</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Power off one or more containers. This will
+ trigger a reboot by sending SIGRTMIN+4 to the container's init
+ process, which causes systemd-compatible init systems to shut
+ down cleanly. Use <command>stop</command> as alias for <command>poweroff</command>.
+ This operation does not work on containers that do not run a
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>-compatible
+ init system, such as sysvinit. Use
+ <command>terminate</command> (see below) to immediately
+ terminate a container or VM, without cleanly shutting it
+ down.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>reboot</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Reboot one or more containers. This will
+ trigger a reboot by sending SIGINT to the container's init
+ process, which is roughly equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del
+ on a non-containerized system, and is compatible with
+ containers running any system manager.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>terminate</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Immediately terminates a virtual machine or
+ container, without cleanly shutting it down. This kills all
+ processes of the virtual machine or container and deallocates
+ all resources attached to that instance. Use
+ <command>poweroff</command> to issue a clean shutdown
+ request.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>kill</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Send a signal to one or more processes of the
+ virtual machine or container. This means processes as seen by
+ the host, not the processes inside the virtual machine or
+ container. Use <option>--kill-whom=</option> to select which
+ process to kill. Use <option>--signal=</option> to select the
+ signal to send.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>bind</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Bind mounts a file or directory from the host into the specified container. The first path
+ argument is the source file or directory on the host, the second path argument is the destination file or
+ directory in the container. When the latter is omitted, the destination path in the container is the same as
+ the source path on the host. When combined with the <option>--read-only</option> switch, a ready-only bind
+ mount is created. When combined with the <option>--mkdir</option> switch, the destination path is first created
+ before the mount is applied. Note that this option is currently only supported for
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> containers,
+ and only if user namespacing (<option>--private-users</option>) is not used. This command supports bind
+ mounting directories, regular files, device nodes, <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket nodes, as well as
+ FIFOs.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>copy-to</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>] <option>--force</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Copies files or directories from the host
+ system into a running container. Takes a container name,
+ followed by the source path on the host and the destination
+ path in the container. If the destination path is omitted, the
+ same as the source path is used.</para>
+
+ <para>If host and container share the same user and group namespace, file ownership by numeric user ID and
+ group ID is preserved for the copy, otherwise all files and directories in the copy will be owned by the root
+ user and group (UID/GID 0).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>copy-from</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>] <option>--force</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Copies files or directories from a container
+ into the host system. Takes a container name, followed by the
+ source path in the container and the destination path on the host.
+ If the destination path is omitted, the same as the source path
+ is used.</para>
+
+ <para>If host and container share the same user and group namespace, file ownership by numeric user ID and
+ group ID is preserved for the copy, otherwise all files and directories in the copy will be owned by the root
+ user and group (UID/GID 0).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2><title>Image Commands</title><variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-images</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show a list of locally installed container and
+ VM images. This enumerates all raw disk images and container
+ directories and subvolumes in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> (and other search
+ paths, see below). Use <command>start</command> (see above) to
+ run a container off one of the listed images. Note that, by
+ default, containers whose name begins with a dot
+ (<literal>.</literal>) are not shown. To show these too,
+ specify <option>--all</option>. Note that a special image
+ <literal>.host</literal> always implicitly exists and refers
+ to the image the host itself is booted from.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>image-status</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show terse status information about one or
+ more container or VM images. This function is intended to
+ generate human-readable output. Use
+ <command>show-image</command> (see below) to generate
+ computer-parsable output instead.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>show-image</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show properties of one or more registered
+ virtual machine or container images, or the manager itself. If
+ no argument is specified, properties of the manager will be
+ shown. If a NAME is specified, properties of this virtual
+ machine or container image are shown. By default, empty
+ properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show
+ those too. To select specific properties to show, use
+ <option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be
+ used whenever computer-parsable output is required. Use
+ <command>image-status</command> if you are looking for
+ formatted human-readable output.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>clone</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Clones a container or VM image. The arguments specify the name of the image to clone and the
+ name of the newly cloned image. Note that plain directory container images are cloned into btrfs subvolume
+ images with this command, if the underlying file system supports this. Note that cloning a container or VM
+ image is optimized for file systems that support copy-on-write, and might not be efficient on others, due to
+ file system limitations.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that this command leaves hostname, machine ID and
+ all other settings that could identify the instance
+ unmodified. The original image and the cloned copy will hence
+ share these credentials, and it might be necessary to manually
+ change them in the copy.</para>
+
+ <para>If combined with the <option>--read-only</option> switch a read-only cloned image is
+ created.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>rename</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Renames a container or VM image. The
+ arguments specify the name of the image to rename and the new
+ name of the image.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>read-only</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>BOOL</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Marks or (unmarks) a container or VM image
+ read-only. Takes a VM or container image name, followed by a
+ boolean as arguments. If the boolean is omitted, positive is
+ implied, i.e. the image is marked read-only.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>remove</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Removes one or more container or VM images.
+ The special image <literal>.host</literal>, which refers to
+ the host's own directory tree, may not be
+ removed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-limit</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>] <replaceable>BYTES</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Sets the maximum size in bytes that a specific
+ container or VM image, or all images, may grow up to on disk
+ (disk quota). Takes either one or two parameters. The first,
+ optional parameter refers to a container or VM image name. If
+ specified, the size limit of the specified image is changed. If
+ omitted, the overall size limit of the sum of all images stored
+ locally is changed. The final argument specifies the size
+ limit in bytes, possibly suffixed by the usual K, M, G, T
+ units. If the size limit shall be disabled, specify
+ <literal>-</literal> as size.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that per-container size limits are only supported on btrfs file systems.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>clean</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Remove hidden VM or container images (or all). This command removes all hidden machine images
+ from <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>, i.e. those whose name begins with a dot. Use <command>machinectl
+ list-images --all</command> to see a list of all machine images, including the hidden ones.</para>
+
+ <para>When combined with the <option>--all</option> switch removes all images, not just hidden ones. This
+ command effectively empties <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that commands such as <command>machinectl pull-tar</command> or <command>machinectl
+ pull-raw</command> usually create hidden, read-only, unmodified machine images from the downloaded image first,
+ before cloning a writable working copy of it, in order to avoid duplicate downloads in case of images that are
+ reused multiple times. Use <command>machinectl clean</command> to remove old, hidden images created this
+ way.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2><title>Image Transfer Commands</title><variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>pull-tar</command> <replaceable>URL</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Downloads a <filename>.tar</filename>
+ container image from the specified URL, and makes it available
+ under the specified local machine name. The URL must be of
+ type <literal>http://</literal> or
+ <literal>https://</literal>, and must refer to a
+ <filename>.tar</filename>, <filename>.tar.gz</filename>,
+ <filename>.tar.xz</filename> or <filename>.tar.bz2</filename>
+ archive file. If the local machine name is omitted, it
+ is automatically derived from the last component of the URL,
+ with its suffix removed.</para>
+
+ <para>The image is verified before it is made available, unless
+ <option>--verify=no</option> is specified.
+ Verification is done either via an inline signed file with the name
+ of the image and the suffix <filename>.sha256</filename> or via
+ separate <filename>SHA256SUMS</filename> and
+ <filename>SHA256SUMS.gpg</filename> files.
+ The signature files need to be made available on the same web
+ server, under the same URL as the <filename>.tar</filename> file.
+ With <option>--verify=checksum</option>, only the SHA256 checksum
+ for the file is verified, based on the <filename>.sha256</filename>
+ suffixed file or the <filename>SHA256SUMS</filename> file.
+ With <option>--verify=signature</option>, the sha checksum file is
+ first verified with the inline signature in the
+ <filename>.sha256</filename> file or the detached GPG signature file
+ <filename>SHA256SUMS.gpg</filename>.
+ The public key for this verification step needs to be available in
+ <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/import-pubring.gpg</filename> or
+ <filename>/etc/systemd/import-pubring.gpg</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>The container image will be downloaded and stored in a
+ read-only subvolume in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> that is named after
+ the specified URL and its HTTP etag. A writable snapshot is
+ then taken from this subvolume, and named after the specified
+ local name. This behavior ensures that creating multiple
+ container instances of the same URL is efficient, as multiple
+ downloads are not necessary. In order to create only the
+ read-only image, and avoid creating its writable snapshot,
+ specify <literal>-</literal> as local machine name.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the read-only subvolume is prefixed with
+ <filename>.tar-</filename>, and is thus not shown by
+ <command>list-images</command>, unless <option>--all</option>
+ is passed.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that pressing C-c during execution of this command
+ will not abort the download. Use
+ <command>cancel-transfer</command>, described
+ below.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>pull-raw</command> <replaceable>URL</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Downloads a <filename>.raw</filename>
+ container or VM disk image from the specified URL, and makes
+ it available under the specified local machine name. The URL
+ must be of type <literal>http://</literal> or
+ <literal>https://</literal>. The container image must either
+ be a <filename>.qcow2</filename> or raw disk image, optionally
+ compressed as <filename>.gz</filename>,
+ <filename>.xz</filename>, or <filename>.bz2</filename>. If the
+ local machine name is omitted, it is automatically
+ derived from the last component of the URL, with its suffix
+ removed.</para>
+
+ <para>Image verification is identical for raw and tar images
+ (see above).</para>
+
+ <para>If the downloaded image is in
+ <filename>.qcow2</filename> format it is converted into a raw
+ image file before it is made available.</para>
+
+ <para>Downloaded images of this type will be placed as
+ read-only <filename>.raw</filename> file in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. A local, writable
+ (reflinked) copy is then made under the specified local
+ machine name. To omit creation of the local, writable copy
+ pass <literal>-</literal> as local machine name.</para>
+
+ <para>Similarly to the behavior of <command>pull-tar</command>, the read-only image is prefixed with
+ <filename>.raw-</filename>, and thus not shown by <command>list-images</command>, unless
+ <option>--all</option> is passed.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that pressing C-c during execution of this command
+ will not abort the download. Use
+ <command>cancel-transfer</command>, described
+ below.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>import-tar</command> <replaceable>FILE</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+ <term><command>import-raw</command> <replaceable>FILE</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+ <listitem><para>Imports a TAR or RAW container or VM image,
+ and places it under the specified name in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. When
+ <command>import-tar</command> is used, the file specified as
+ the first argument should be a tar archive, possibly compressed
+ with xz, gzip or bzip2. It will then be unpacked into its own
+ subvolume in <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. When
+ <command>import-raw</command> is used, the file should be a
+ qcow2 or raw disk image, possibly compressed with xz, gzip or
+ bzip2. If the second argument (the resulting image name) is
+ not specified, it is automatically derived from the file
+ name. If the filename is passed as <literal>-</literal>, the
+ image is read from standard input, in which case the second
+ argument is mandatory.</para>
+
+ <para>Optionally, the <option>--read-only</option> switch may be used to create a read-only container or VM
+ image. No cryptographic validation is done when importing the images.</para>
+
+ <para>Much like image downloads, ongoing imports may be listed
+ with <command>list-transfers</command> and aborted with
+ <command>cancel-transfer</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>import-fs</command> <replaceable>DIRECTORY</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Imports a container image stored in a local directory into
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>, operates similarly to <command>import-tar</command> or
+ <command>import-raw</command>, but the first argument is the source directory. If supported, this
+ command will create a btrfs snapshot or subvolume for the new image.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>export-tar</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>FILE</replaceable>]</term>
+ <term><command>export-raw</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>FILE</replaceable>]</term>
+ <listitem><para>Exports a TAR or RAW container or VM image and
+ stores it in the specified file. The first parameter should be
+ a VM or container image name. The second parameter should be a
+ file path the TAR or RAW image is written to. If the path ends
+ in <literal>.gz</literal>, the file is compressed with gzip, if
+ it ends in <literal>.xz</literal>, with xz, and if it ends in
+ <literal>.bz2</literal>, with bzip2. If the path ends in
+ neither, the file is left uncompressed. If the second argument
+ is missing, the image is written to standard output. The
+ compression may also be explicitly selected with the
+ <option>--format=</option> switch. This is in particular
+ useful if the second parameter is left unspecified.</para>
+
+ <para>Much like image downloads and imports, ongoing exports
+ may be listed with <command>list-transfers</command> and
+ aborted with
+ <command>cancel-transfer</command>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that, currently, only directory and subvolume images
+ may be exported as TAR images, and only raw disk images as RAW
+ images.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-transfers</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Shows a list of container or VM image
+ downloads, imports and exports that are currently in
+ progress.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>cancel-transfer</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>…</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Aborts a download, import or export of the
+ container or VM image with the specified ID. To list ongoing
+ transfers and their IDs, use
+ <command>list-transfers</command>. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p</option></term>
+ <term><option>--property=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When showing machine or image properties,
+ limit the output to certain properties as specified by the
+ argument. If not specified, all set properties are shown. The
+ argument should be a property name, such as
+ <literal>Name</literal>. If specified more than once, all
+ properties with the specified names are
+ shown.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <term><option>--all</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When showing machine or image properties, show
+ all properties regardless of whether they are set or
+ not.</para>
+
+ <para>When listing VM or container images, do not suppress
+ images beginning in a dot character
+ (<literal>.</literal>).</para>
+
+ <para>When cleaning VM or container images, remove all images, not just hidden ones.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--value</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When printing properties with <command>show</command>, only print the value,
+ and skip the property name and <literal>=</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-l</option></term>
+ <term><option>--full</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize process tree entries or table. This implies
+ <option>--max-addresses=full</option>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--kill-whom=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>kill</command>, choose
+ which processes to kill. Must be one of
+ <option>leader</option>, or <option>all</option> to select
+ whether to kill only the leader process of the machine or all
+ processes of the machine. If omitted, defaults to
+ <option>all</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="signal" />
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--uid=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with the <command>shell</command> command, chooses the user ID to
+ open the interactive shell session as. If the argument to the <command>shell</command>
+ command also specifies a user name, this option is ignored. If the name is not specified
+ in either way, <literal>root</literal> will be used by default. Note that this switch is
+ not supported for the <command>login</command> command (see below).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-E <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>[=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>]</option></term>
+ <term><option>--setenv=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>[=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable>]</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with the <command>shell</command> command, sets an environment variable for
+ the executed shell. This option may be used more than once to set multiple variables. When
+ <literal>=</literal> and <replaceable>VALUE</replaceable> are omitted, the value of the variable with
+ the same name in the program environment will be used.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that this option is not supported for the <command>login</command> command.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--mkdir</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>bind</command>, creates the destination file or directory before
+ applying the bind mount. Note that even though the name of this option suggests that it is suitable only for
+ directories, this option also creates the destination file node to mount over if the object to mount is not
+ a directory, but a regular file, device node, socket or FIFO.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--read-only</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>bind</command>, creates a read-only bind mount.</para>
+
+ <para>When used with <command>clone</command>, <command>import-raw</command> or <command>import-tar</command> a
+ read-only container or VM image is created.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-n</option></term>
+ <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>status</command>,
+ controls the number of journal lines to show, counting from
+ the most recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument.
+ Defaults to 10.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-o</option></term>
+ <term><option>--output=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>status</command>,
+ controls the formatting of the journal entries that are shown.
+ For the available choices, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Defaults to <literal>short</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--verify=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When downloading a container or VM image,
+ specify whether the image shall be verified before it is made
+ available. Takes one of <literal>no</literal>,
+ <literal>checksum</literal> and <literal>signature</literal>.
+ If <literal>no</literal>, no verification is done. If
+ <literal>checksum</literal> is specified, the download is
+ checked for integrity after the transfer is complete, but no
+ signatures are verified. If <literal>signature</literal> is
+ specified, the checksum is verified and the image's signature
+ is checked against a local keyring of trustable vendors. It is
+ strongly recommended to set this option to
+ <literal>signature</literal> if the server and protocol
+ support this. Defaults to
+ <literal>signature</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--force</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When downloading a container or VM image, and
+ a local copy by the specified local machine name already
+ exists, delete it first and replace it by the newly downloaded
+ image.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--format=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with the <option>export-tar</option>
+ or <option>export-raw</option> commands, specifies the
+ compression format to use for the resulting file. Takes one of
+ <literal>uncompressed</literal>, <literal>xz</literal>,
+ <literal>gzip</literal>, <literal>bzip2</literal>. By default,
+ the format is determined automatically from the image file
+ name passed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--max-addresses=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with the <option>list-machines</option> command, limits the number of IP
+ addresses shown for every machine. Defaults to 1. All addresses can be requested with
+ <literal>all</literal>. If the limit is 0, the address column is not shown. Otherwise, if the machine
+ has more addresses than shown, <literal>…</literal> follows the last address.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-q</option></term>
+ <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Suppresses additional informational output while running.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-M</option></term>
+ <term><option>--machine=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Connect to
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ running in a local container, to perform the specified operation within
+ the container.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-ask-password" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Machine and Image Names</title>
+
+ <para>The <command>machinectl</command> tool operates on machines
+ and images whose names must be chosen following strict
+ rules. Machine names must be suitable for use as hostnames
+ following a conservative subset of DNS and UNIX/Linux
+ semantics. Specifically, they must consist of one or more
+ non-empty label strings, separated by dots. No leading or trailing
+ dots are allowed. No sequences of multiple dots are allowed. The
+ label strings may only consist of alphanumeric characters as well
+ as the dash and underscore. The maximum length of a machine name
+ is 64 characters.</para>
+
+ <para>A special machine with the name <literal>.host</literal>
+ refers to the running host system itself. This is useful for execution
+ operations or inspecting the host system as well. Note that
+ <command>machinectl list</command> will not show this special
+ machine unless the <option>--all</option> switch is specified.</para>
+
+ <para>Requirements on image names are less strict, however, they must be
+ valid UTF-8, must be suitable as file names (hence not be the
+ single or double dot, and not include a slash), and may not
+ contain control characters. Since many operations search for an
+ image by the name of a requested machine, it is recommended to name
+ images in the same strict fashion as machines.</para>
+
+ <para>A special image with the name <literal>.host</literal>
+ refers to the image of the running host system. It hence
+ conceptually maps to the special <literal>.host</literal> machine
+ name described above. Note that <command>machinectl
+ list-images</command> will not show this special image either, unless
+ <option>--all</option> is specified.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Files and Directories</title>
+
+ <para>Machine images are preferably stored in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>, but are also searched for
+ in <filename>/usr/local/lib/machines/</filename> and
+ <filename>/usr/lib/machines/</filename>. For compatibility reasons,
+ the directory <filename>/var/lib/container/</filename> is
+ searched, too. Note that images stored below
+ <filename>/usr/</filename> are always considered read-only. It is
+ possible to symlink machines images from other directories into
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> to make them available for
+ control with <command>machinectl</command>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that some image operations are only supported, efficient or atomic on btrfs file systems.</para>
+
+ <para>Disk images are understood by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and <command>machinectl</command> in three formats:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>A simple directory tree, containing the files
+ and directories of the container to boot.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Subvolumes (on btrfs file systems), which are
+ similar to the simple directories, described above. However,
+ they have additional benefits, such as efficient cloning and
+ quota reporting.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>"Raw" disk images, i.e. binary images of disks
+ with a GPT or MBR partition table. Images of this type are
+ regular files with the suffix
+ <literal>.raw</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more information on image formats, in particular its
+ <option>--directory=</option> and <option>--image=</option>
+ options.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <example>
+ <title>Download an Ubuntu image and open a shell in it</title>
+
+ <programlisting># machinectl pull-tar https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz
+# systemd-nspawn -M trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-root</programlisting>
+
+ <para>This downloads and verifies the specified
+ <filename>.tar</filename> image, and then uses
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to open a shell in it.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Download a Fedora image, set a root password in it, start
+ it as a service</title>
+
+ <programlisting># machinectl pull-raw --verify=no \
+ https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/&fedora_latest_version;/Cloud/x86_64/images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-&fedora_latest_version;-&fedora_cloud_release;.x86_64.raw.xz \
+ Fedora-Cloud-Base-&fedora_latest_version;-&fedora_cloud_release;.x86-64
+# systemd-nspawn -M Fedora-Cloud-Base-&fedora_latest_version;-&fedora_cloud_release;.x86-64
+# passwd
+# exit
+# machinectl start Fedora-Cloud-Base-&fedora_latest_version;-&fedora_cloud_release;.x86-64
+# machinectl login Fedora-Cloud-Base-&fedora_latest_version;-&fedora_cloud_release;.x86-64</programlisting>
+
+ <para>This downloads the specified <filename>.raw</filename>
+ image with verification disabled. Then, a shell is opened in it
+ and a root password is set. Afterwards the shell is left, and
+ the machine started as system service. With the last command a
+ login prompt into the container is requested.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Exports a container image as tar file</title>
+
+ <programlisting># machinectl export-tar fedora myfedora.tar.xz</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Exports the container <literal>fedora</literal> as an
+ xz-compressed tar file <filename>myfedora.tar.xz</filename> into the
+ current directory.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Create a new shell session</title>
+
+ <programlisting># machinectl shell --uid=lennart</programlisting>
+
+ <para>This creates a new shell session on the local host for
+ the user ID <literal>lennart</literal>, in a <citerefentry
+ project='die-net'><refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>-like
+ fashion.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
+ otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <xi:include href="common-variables.xml" />
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>tar</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>xz</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>gzip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>bzip2</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>