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CONTAINER-BUILD(1) General Commands Manual CONTAINER-BUILD(1)

container-build - Build a container

container build ['OPTIONS']
cnt b ['OPTIONS']

The container build command builds a container based on a script.

The following build scripts are available:

Basic script to build Debian based container, see container-build-debootstrap(1).
Advanced script to automatically build Debian based container, see container-build-debconf(1).
Symlink (if existing) to a build 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_build-script'.

The following container build options are available:

Specify container name.
Specify capabilities to grant, see capabilities(7).
Specify capabilities to drop, see capabilities(7).
Specify container build script, defaults to 'debootstrap'.
Explain what is being done.
Specify container read-write bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind option.
Specify container read-only bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind-ro option.
Specify container overlay mounts, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.
Specify container overlay mount options, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.
Specify container start options, see container-start(1).

Build example.net container using debootstrap script:

sudo container build -n example.net -s debootstrap


Build example.net container using debconf script:

sudo container build -n example.net -s debconf


Build example.net container with the default build script and start it:

sudo container build,start -n example.net


compute-tools(7),
container(1).

More information about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage (https://open-infrastructure.net).

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).

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

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