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Name¶
container-build - Build a container
Synopsis¶
container build ['OPTIONS'] cnt b ['OPTIONS']
Description¶
The container build command builds a container based on a script.
Scripts¶
The following build scripts are available:
- debootstrap:
- Basic script to build Debian based container, see container-build-debootstrap(1).
- debconf:
- Advanced script to automatically build Debian based container, see container-build-debconf(1).
- default:
- Symlink (if existing) to a build 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_build-script'.
Options¶
The following container build options are available:
- -n, --name='NAME':
- Specify container name.
- -c, --capability='CAPABILITY':
- Specify capabilities to grant, see capabilities(7).
- -d, --drop-capability='DROP_CAPABILITY':
- Specify capabilities to drop, see capabilities(7).
- -s, --script='SCRIPT':
- Specify container build script, defaults to 'debootstrap'.
- -v, --verbose:
- Explain what is being done.
- -b, --bind='DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]':
- Specify container read-write bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind option.
- --bind-ro='DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]':
- Specify container read-only bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind-ro option.
- --cnt-overlay='DIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED[;DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED]':
- Specify container overlay mounts, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.
- --cnt.overlay-options='OPTION1,OPTION2[;OPTION3,OPTION4]':
- Specify container overlay mount options, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.
- --cnt.start='OPTION1[,OPTION2,...]':
- Specify container start options, see container-start(1).
Examples¶
Build example.net container using debootstrap script:
Build example.net container using debconf script:
Build example.net container with the default build script and start it:
See also¶
compute-tools(7), container(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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