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:

    -n, --name='NAME':
        Specify container name.

COMMANDS

The following container commands are available:

    build:
        Build a new container, see container-build(1).

    start:
        Start a container, see container-start(1).

    rebuild:
        Rebuild a container, see container-rebuild(1).

    restart:
        Restart a container, see container-restart(1).

    stop:
        Stop a container, see container-stop(1).

    remove:
        Remove a container, see container-remove(1).

    move:
        Rename a container, see container-move(1).

    console:
        Attach console to a container, see container-console(1).

    enter:
        Enter a container namespace, see container-enter(1).

    run:
        Execute commands in a container namespace, see container-run(1).

    info:
        Show specific information of a container, see container-info(1).

    key:
        Manage GnuPG keyring for container operations, see container-key(1).

    limit:
        Limit resources of a container, see container-limit(1).

    list:
        List container on the system, see container-list(1).

    log:
        Show container log, see container-log(1).

    status:
        Show container status, see container-status(1).

    top:
        Dynamic list of container on the system, see container-top(1).

    update:
        Update the packages installed in a container.

    version:
        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.