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

container-limit - Limit resources of a container

container limit ['OPTIONS']

The container limit command limits resources available to a container at runtime.

The following container limit options are available:

Specify container name.
Specify device specific blockio weight, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify device specific blockio read bandwidth, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify general blockio weight, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify device specific blockio write bandwidth, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify CPU quota, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify CPU shares, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify memory limit, see systemd.resource-control(5).
Specify tasks max, see systemd.resource-control(5).

Set blockio weight for the example.net container:

sudo container limit -n example.net --blockio-weight 100


Set CPU quota for the example.net container:

sudo container limit -n example.net --cpu-quota 10%


Set memory limit for the example.net container to 1GB:

sudo container limit -n example.net --memory-limit 1G


Set tasks max for the example.net container to 100:

sudo container limit -n example.net --tasks-max 100


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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