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CONTAINER-CREATE(1) General Commands Manual CONTAINER-CREATE(1)

NAME

container-create - Create a container

SYNOPSIS

container create ['OPTIONS']
cnt cr ['OPTIONS']

DESCRIPTION

The container create command creates a container based on a script.

Scripts

The following container scripts are available:

Basic script to create Debian based container, see container-create-curl(1).
Basic script to create Debian based container, see container-create-debootstrap(1).
Advanced script to automatically create Debian based container, see container-create-debconf(1).
Symlink (if existing) to a container script which is used if no script was specified. On Debian based system this can be managed through update-alternatives(1), i.e. 'sudo update-alternatives --config container_script'.

OPTIONS

The following container create options are available:

Specify container name.
Specify capabilities to grant, see capabilities(7).
Specify capabilities to drop, see capabilities(7).
Specify container creation script, defaults to debootstrap.
Explain what is being done.
Specify container read-write bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind option.
Specify container read-only bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind-ro option.
Specify container overlay mounts, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.
Specify container overlay mount options, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.
Specify container start options, see container-start(1).

EXAMPLES

Create example.net container using curl script:

sudo container create -n example.net -s curl


Create example.net container using debootstrap script:

sudo container create -n example.net -s debootstrap


Create example.net container using debconf script:

sudo container create -n example.net -s debconf


Create example.net container with the default create script and start it:

sudo container create,start -n example.net


SEE ALSO

compute-tools(7),
container(1).

HOMEPAGE

More information about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage at https://open-infrastructure.net.

CONTACT

Bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else are welcome on the Open Infrastructure Software Mailing List <software@lists.open-infrastructure.net>.

Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System (https://bugs.debian.org).

AUTHORS

compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net> and others.

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