NAME

       container-create-curl - Create a Debian based container by downloading a tarball over the
       network

SYNOPSIS

       container create -s curl [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       The curl container creation script uses curl(1) to download a tarball over the network to
       create a Debian based container.

       Depending on the tarball this script otherwise creates a pure Debian system with three
       modificiations:

       •   hostname is set (container name) in /etc/hostname

       •   systemd machine-id is generated in /etc/machine-id

       •   root password is set (user specified or 16 random characters)

OPTIONS

       The following script options are available:

       -n, --name=NAME
           Specify container name.

       -a, --architecture=ARCHITECTURE
           Specify container architecture.

       "--clean*
           Remove downloaded tarball after successfull container creation.

       -p, --root-password=PASSWORD
           Specify the root password, defaults to a random 16 character password.

       --server=SERVER
           Specify the image server to download from, defaults to
           https://files.open-infrastructure.net/system/container/debian.

       --setup=SETUP

       --system=SYSTEM

EXAMPLES

       Create a Debian 9 (stretch) based container with same architecture as the host system:
           sudo container create -s curl -n stretch.example.net

       Create a Debian 9 (stretch) based container with different architecture as the host
       system:
           sudo container create -s curl -n stretch-i386.example.net — --system
           debian-stretch-current_i386.system.tar.xz

FILES

       The following files are used:

       /etc/container-tools/config
           Container configuration files.

       /usr/share/container-tools/scripts
           Container creation scripts.

       /usr/share/doc/container-tools
           Container documentation.

       /var/lib/machines
           Container directory.

       /var/cache/container-tools
           Container cache directory.

CONTAINER IMAGES

       container-tools will download tarballs from a server expecting that the images are
       tarballs with either gzip, lzip, xz, or no compression. See container-images.sh as an
       example on how to create your own container images.

SEE ALSO

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

HOMEPAGE

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

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>.

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

AUTHORS

       container-tools was written by Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>.