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// container-tools - Manage systemd-nspawn containers
// Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>
//
// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
// (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
// GNU General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
CONTAINER-TOOLS(7)
==================
:doctype: manpage
:man manual: Open Infrastructure
:man source: container-tools
:man version: {revnumber}
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, and patches are welcome via Debian Bug Tracking System:
* https://bugs.debian.org
Please base them against the 'next' Git branch using common sense:
* https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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>
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