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