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.\"      Date: 20210101
.\"    Manual: Open Infrastructure
.\"    Source: compute-tools
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.TH "CONTAINER\-CREATE" "1" "20210101" "compute\-tools" "Open Infrastructure"
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.SH "NAME"
container-create \- Create a container
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fBcontainer create\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] \fBcnt cr\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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The container\-create command creates a container based on a script\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
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The following container\-create options are available:
.PP
\fB\-n, \-\-name=\fR\fB\fINAME\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specify container name\&.
.RE
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\fB\-c, \-\-capability=\fR\fB\fICAPABILITY\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specify capabilities to grant, see capabilities(7)\&.
.RE
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\fB\-d, \-\-drop\-capability=\fR\fB\fIDROP_CAPABILITY\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specify capabilities to drop, see capabilities(7)\&.
.RE
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\fB\-s, \-\-script=\fR\fB\fISCRIPT\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specify container creation script, defaults to debootstrap\&.
.RE
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\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fR
.RS 4
Explain what is being done\&.
.RE
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\fB\-b, \-\-bind=\fR\fB\fIDIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specify container read\-write bind mounts, see systemd\-nspawn(1) \-\-bind option\&.
.RE
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\fB\-\-bind\-ro=\fR\fB\fIDIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specify container read\-only bind mounts, see systemd\-nspawn(1) \-\-bind\-ro option\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-cnt\-overlay=\fR\fB\fIDIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED[;DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED]\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specify container overlay mounts, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs\&.txt\&.
.RE
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\fB\-\-cnt\&.overlay\-options=\fR\fB\fIOPTION1,OPTION2[;OPTION3,OPTION4]\fR\fR
.RS 4
Specify container overlay mount options, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs\&.txt\&.
.RE
.SH "SCRIPTS"
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The following container scripts are available:
.PP
\fBcurl\fR
.RS 4
Basic script to create Debian based container, see container\-create\-curl(1)\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBdebootstrap\fR
.RS 4
Basic script to create Debian based container, see container\-create\-debootstrap(1)\&.
.RE
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\fBdebconf\fR
.RS 4
Advanced script to automatically create Debian based container, see container\-create\-debconf(1)\&.
.RE
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\fBdefault\fR
.RS 4
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\&.
\fIsudo update\-alternatives \-\-config container_script\fR\&.
.RE
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
\fBCreate example\&.net container using curl script:\fR
.RS 4
sudo container create \-n example\&.net \-s curl
.RE
.PP
\fBCreate example\&.net container using debootstrap script:\fR
.RS 4
sudo container create \-n example\&.net \-s debootstrap
.RE
.PP
\fBCreate example\&.net container using debconf script:\fR
.RS 4
sudo container create \-n example\&.net \-s debconf
.RE
.PP
\fBCreate example\&.net container with the default create script and start it:\fR
.RS 4
sudo container create,start \-n example\&.net
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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compute\-tools(7), container(1)\&.
.SH "HOMEPAGE"
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More information about compute\-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage at https://open\-infrastructure\&.net\&.
.SH "CONTACT"
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Bug reports, feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else are welcome on the Open Infrastructure Software Mailing List <software@lists\&.open\-infrastructure\&.net>\&.
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Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System at https://bugs\&.debian\&.org\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
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compute\-tools were written by Daniel Baumann <daniel\&.baumann@open\-infrastructure\&.net> and others\&.