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.
OPTIONS
The following container-create 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 creation 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.
SCRIPTS
The following container scripts are available:
curl
Basic script to create Debian based container, see container-create-curl(1).
debootstrap
Basic script to create Debian based container, see container-create-debootstrap(1).
debconf
Advanced script to automatically create Debian based container, see container-create-debconf(1).
default
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.
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 [AT] lists.net>.
Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System at https://bugs.debian.org.
AUTHORS
compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann [AT] open-infrastructure.net> and others.