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CONTAINER(1) General Commands Manual CONTAINER(1)

NAME

container - Manage systemd-nspawn containers

SYNOPSIS

container 'COMMAND' ['OPTIONS']
container 'COMMAND1','COMMAND2',... 'COMMANDn'

DESCRIPTION

compute-tools provides the system integration for managing containers using systemd-nspawn.

OPTIONS

The following container common options are available:

Specify container name.

COMMANDS

The following container commands are available:

Build a new container, see container-build(1).
Start a container, see container-start(1).
Rebuild a container, see container-rebuild(1).
Restart a container, see container-restart(1).
Stop a container, see container-stop(1).
Remove a container, see container-remove(1).
Rename a container, see container-move(1).
Attach console to a container, see container-console(1).
Enter a container namespace, see container-enter(1).
Execute commands in a container namespace, see container-run(1).
Show specific information of a container, see container-info(1).
Manage GnuPG keyring for container operations, see container-key(1).
Limit resources of a container, see container-limit(1).
List container on the system, see container-list(1).
Show container log, see container-log(1).
Show container status, see container-status(1).
Dynamic list of container on the system, see container-top(1).
Update the packages installed in a container.
Show container version, see container-version(1).

FILES

The following files are used:

/etc/compute-tools/container.conf, /etc/compute-tools/container.conf.d/*.conf:
Container configuration files.
/usr/bin/container, /usr/bin/cnt:
Container program.
/usr/bin/container-shell, /usr/bin/cntsh:
Container shell program.
/usr/libexec/container:
Container commands.
/usr/share/compute-tools/:
Container shared data.
/usr/share/doc/compute-tools:
Container documentation files.
/var/cache/container:
Container cache directory.
/var/lib/machines:
Container root directory.
/var/log/compute-tools:
Container log files.

SEE ALSO

machinectl(1),
systemd-nspawn(1).

HOMEPAGE

More information about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage ( <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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