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diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5eba25f --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,108 @@ +NAME +---- +container-tools - Manage systemd-nspawn containers + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +"[A Linux container] is an operating-system-level virtualization environment for running multiple isolated Linux systems (containers) on a single Linux control host.":: + -- Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXC) + +container-tools provides the system integration for managing containers using systemd-nspawn. + + +DOWNLOAD +-------- + * Upstream Releases: https://files.open-infrastructure.net/software/container-tools/upstream + * Upstream Sources: https://sources.open-infrastructure.net/software/container-tools + * Debian Releases: https://files.open-infrastructure.net/software/container-tools/debian + * Debian Sources: https://sources.progress-linux.org/users/daniel/debian/packages/open-infrastructure-container-tools + + +INSTALLATION +------------ + +SOURCE +~~~~~~ + 1. sudo apt install asciidoc git docbook-xml docbook-xsl libxml2-utils make xsltproc dbus systemd-container + 2. git clone https://sources.open-infrastructure.net/software/container-tools + 3. cd container-tools && sudo make install + +DEBIAN 9 (STRETCH) AND NEWER +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + * sudo apt install container-tools + + +DEVELOPMENT +----------- +Bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else +are welcome on the Open Infrastructure Software Mailing List: + + * https://lists.open-infrastructure.net/listinfo/software + +Please base patches against the 'next' Git branch using common sense: + + * https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches + +Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System: + + * https://bugs.debian.org + + +KNOWN LIMITATIONS +----------------- + * This version of container-tools currently do not work with systemd-networkd and depend on ifupdown. + * Using overlay, the upper directory can not be an NFS mount due to limitations in Linux' overlay filesystem, + see https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt + + +USAGE +----- +*Create a new container:*:: + sudo container create -n NAME + +*Start a container:*:: + sudo container start -n NAME + +*Stop a container:*:: + sudo container stop -n NAME + +*Remove a container:*:: + sudo container remove -n NAME + +*List container on the system:*:: + sudo container list + +*Show container-tools version:*:: + container version + +See container(1) for a list of all container commands. + + +LINKS +----- +*2016-02-24: Systemd vs. Docker*:: + https://lwn.net/Articles/676831/ + +*2015-06-10: Systemd and containers*:: + https://lwn.net/Articles/647634/ + +*2014-07-07: Control groups*:: + https://lwn.net/Articles/604609/ + +*2013-11-13: Systemd-Nspawn is Chroot on Steroids [LinuxCon Europe]*:: + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7LlUs5D9p4 + +*2013-11-03: Creating containers with systemd-nspawn*:: + https://lwn.net/Articles/572957/ + +*2013-02-06: Systemd lightweight containers*:: + https://lwn.net/Articles/536033/ + +*2013-01-04: Namespaces in operation*:: + https://lwn.net/Articles/531114/ + + +AUTHORS +------- + * Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net> |