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container-limit(1) General Commands Manual container-limit(1)

Name

container-limit - Limit resources of a container

Synopsis

container limit ['OPTIONS']

Description

The container limit command limits resources available to a container at runtime.

Options

The following container limit options are available:

Specify container name.
Specify device specific blockio weight, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify device specific blockio read bandwidth, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify general blockio weight, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify device specific blockio write bandwidth, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify CPU quota, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify CPU shares, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify memory limit, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify tasks max, see systemd.resource-control(5).

Examples

Set blockio weight for the example.net container:

sudo container limit -n example.net --blockio-weight 100


Set CPU quota for the example.net container:

sudo container limit -n example.net --cpu-quota 10%


Set memory limit for the example.net container to 1GB:

sudo container limit -n example.net --memory-limit 1G


Set tasks max for the example.net container to 100:

sudo container limit -n example.net --tasks-max 100


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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