NAME

       container - Manage systemd-nspawn containers

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       container-tools provides the system integration for managing containers using
       systemd-nspawn.

OPTIONS

       The following container common options are available:

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

COMMANDS

       The following container commands are available:

       create
           Create a new container, see container-create(1).

       start
           Start a container, see container-start(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).

       key
           Manage GnuPG keyring for container operations, see container-key(1).

       limit
           Limit ressources of a container, see container-limit(1).

       list
           List container on the system, see container-list(1).

       status
           Show container status, see container-status(1).

       top
           Dynamic list of container on the system, see container-top(1).

       version
           Show container-tools version, see container-version(1).

FILES

       The following files are used:

       /etc/container-tools
           Container configuration files.

       /usr/bin/container, /usr/bin/cnt
           Container program.

       /usr/bin/container-shell, /usr/bin/cntsh
           Container shell program.

       /usr/lib/container-tools
           Container commands.

       /usr/share/container-tools
           Container shared data.

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

       /var/lib/machines
           Container root directory.

       /var/log/container-tools
           Container log files.

SEE ALSO

       machinectl(1), systemd-nspawn(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>.