CONTAINER-GET(1)

NAME
container-get - Download a container

SYNOPSIS
container get ['OPTIONS']
cnt g ['OPTIONS']

DESCRIPTION

The container get command downloads a container based on a script.

  Scripts

The following download scripts are available:

curl:
    Basic script to build Debian based container, see container-create-curl(1).

default:
    Symlink (if existing) to a download 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_get-script'.

OPTIONS

The following container get 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

Create example.net container using curl script: sudo container get -n example.net -s curl

Create example.net container with the default download script and start it: sudo container get,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 (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.