CONTAINER(1)

💖 CONTAINER(1) 💖

okay bestie, sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, because we're about to talk about container — the manual page, the moment, the icon. this is the General Commands Manual entry for container, and yes it's giving main character energy 👑

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✨ NAME ✨

container — manage systemd-nspawn containers 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

container 'COMMAND' ['OPTIONS']
container 'COMMAND1','COMMAND2',... 'COMMANDn'

so basically you give it a COMMAND, you can sprinkle OPTIONS on top, and if you're feeling extra you can chain a whole lil lineup of commands — 'COMMAND1','COMMAND2', … all the way to 'COMMANDn'. slay, multi-tasking queen 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

compute-tools is the whole vibe that handles the system integration for managing containers using systemd-nspawn. that's it. that's the tea ☕

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

here are the container common options, i.e. the ones that apply across the board:

• -n, --name='NAME' — specify the container name. yes you literally just tell it what to call your container. iconic, no notes ✨

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👑 COMMANDS 👑

the container commands you have available — every single one, we're not skipping anybody, they all ate:

• 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).

note: update is out here living its best life with no see also bestie. it's independent like that 🙈

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🌈 FILES 🌈

the files this whole operation uses — memorize them, iykyk:

• /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.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read these too, they're the extended universe fr fr:

• machinectl(1)
• systemd-nspawn(1)

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💜 HOMEPAGE 💜

more info about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project lives on the homepage: https://open-infrastructure.net. go peek bestie, it's cute 🌐

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🫶 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>. they want to hear from you, literally 💌

Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System: https://bugs.debian.org.

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⭐ AUTHORS ⭐

compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net> and others. legends, honestly 👑

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💅 — this lil number came from Open Infrastructure, and it's part of compute-tools, filed under CONTAINER(1). stay iconic, stay containerized ✨🦋🎀