container-get - Download a container
container get ['OPTIONS']
cnt g ['OPTIONS']
The container get command downloads a container based on a
script.
The following download scripts are available:
- curl:
- Basic script to build Debian based container, see
container-create-curl(1).
- default:
- Symlink (if existing) to a download 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_get-script'.
The following container get 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 build script, defaults to 'debootstrap'.
- -v, --verbose:
- Explain what is being done.
- -b,
--bind='DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]':
- Specify container read-write bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind
option.
- --bind-ro='DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]':
- Specify container read-only bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind-ro
option.
- --cnt-overlay='DIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED[;DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED]':
- Specify container overlay mounts, see
Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.
- --cnt.overlay-options='OPTION1,OPTION2[;OPTION3,OPTION4]':
- Specify container overlay mount options, see
Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.
- --cnt.start='OPTION1[,OPTION2,...]':
- Specify container start options, see container-start(1).
Create example.net container using curl script:
sudo container get -n example.net -s curl
Create example.net container with the default download script and
start it:
sudo container get,start -n example.net
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.