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.