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.\" Manual: Open Infrastructure
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.TH "CONTAINER\-TOOLS" "7" "20170522" "container\-tools" "Open Infrastructure"
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.SH "NAME"
container-tools \- Manage systemd\-nspawn containers
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
"[A Linux container] is an operating\-system\-level virtualization environment for running multiple isolated Linux systems (containers) on a single Linux control host\&."
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\(em Wikipedia (https://en\&.wikipedia\&.org/wiki/LXC)
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container\-tools provides the system integration for managing containers using systemd\-nspawn\&.
.SH "DOWNLOAD"
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Upstream Releases:
https://files\&.open\-infrastructure\&.net/software/container\-tools/upstream
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Upstream Sources:
https://sources\&.open\-infrastructure\&.net/software/container\-tools
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Debian Releases:
https://files\&.open\-infrastructure\&.net/software/container\-tools/debian
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Debian Sources:
https://sources\&.progress\-linux\&.org/users/daniel/debian/packages/open\-infrastructure\-container\-tools
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.SH "INSTALLATION"
.SS "SOURCE"
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sudo apt install asciidoc git docbook\-xml docbook\-xsl libxml2\-utils make xsltproc dbus systemd\-container net\-tools
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git clone
https://sources\&.open\-infrastructure\&.net/software/container\-tools
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cd container\-tools && sudo make install
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.SS "DEBIAN 9 (STRETCH) AND NEWER"
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sudo apt install container\-tools
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.SH "DEVELOPMENT"
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Bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else are welcome on the Open Infrastructure Software Mailing List:
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https://lists\&.open\-infrastructure\&.net/listinfo/software
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Please base patches against the \fInext\fR Git branch using common sense:
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https://www\&.kernel\&.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
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Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System:
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.SH "KNOWN LIMITATIONS"
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This version of container\-tools currently do not work with systemd\-networkd and depend on ifupdown\&.
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Using overlay, the upper directory can not be an NFS mount due to limitations in Linux\*(Aq overlay filesystem, see
https://git\&.kernel\&.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux\&.git/tree/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs\&.txt
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.SH "USAGE"
.PP
\fBCreate a new container:\fR
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sudo container create \-n NAME
.RE
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\fBStart a container:\fR
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sudo container start \-n NAME
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\fBStop a container:\fR
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sudo container stop \-n NAME
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\fBRemove a container:\fR
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sudo container remove \-n NAME
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\fBList container on the system:\fR
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sudo container list
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\fBShow container\-tools version:\fR
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container version
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See container(1) for a list of all container commands\&.
.SH "LINKS"
.PP
\fB2016\-02\-24: Systemd vs\&. Docker\fR
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https://lwn\&.net/Articles/676831/
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\fB2015\-06\-10: Systemd and containers\fR
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https://lwn\&.net/Articles/647634/
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\fB2014\-07\-07: Control groups\fR
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https://lwn\&.net/Articles/604609/
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\fB2013\-11\-13: Systemd\-Nspawn is Chroot on Steroids [LinuxCon Europe]\fR
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https://www\&.youtube\&.com/watch?v=s7LlUs5D9p4
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\fB2013\-11\-03: Creating containers with systemd\-nspawn\fR
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https://lwn\&.net/Articles/572957/
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\fB2013\-02\-06: Systemd lightweight containers\fR
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https://lwn\&.net/Articles/536033/
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\fB2013\-01\-04: Namespaces in operation\fR
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https://lwn\&.net/Articles/531114/
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.SH "AUTHORS"
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Daniel Baumann
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