SYNOPSIS
container create [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.
-b, --bind=DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]
- Specify container bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind option.
SCRIPTS
The following container scripts are available:
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-tools_script.
EXAMPLES
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
HOMEPAGE
More information about container-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage at https://open-infrastructure.net.
BUGS
Bugs can be reported by sending a bug report to the Debian Bug Tracking System at https://bugs.debian.org.