NAME

       container-create - Create a container

SYNOPSIS

       container create [OPTIONS] cnt cr [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

       The container-create command creates a container based on a script.

OPTIONS

       The following container-create 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 creation 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.

SCRIPTS

       The following container scripts are available:

       curl
           Basic script to create Debian based container, see container-create-curl(1).

       debootstrap
           Basic script to create Debian based container, see container-create-debootstrap(1).

       debconf
           Advanced script to automatically create Debian based container, see
           container-create-debconf(1).

       default
           Symlink (if existing) to a container 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_script.

EXAMPLES

       Create example.net container using curl script:
           sudo container create -n example.net -s curl

       Create example.net container using debootstrap script:
           sudo container create -n example.net -s debootstrap

       Create example.net container using debconf script:
           sudo container create -n example.net -s debconf

       Create example.net container with the default create script and start it:
           sudo container create,start -n example.net

SEE ALSO

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

HOMEPAGE

       More information about compute-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

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