NAME

       compute-tools - Manage systemd-nspawn containers

DESCRIPTION

       [A  Linux  container]  is an operating-system-level virtualization environment for running
       multiple isolated Linux systems (containers) on a single Linux control host.
          -- Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXC)

       compute-tools  provides   the   system   integration   for   managing   containers   using
       systemd-nspawn(1).

DOWNLOAD

       Upstream Releases:
       https://get.open-infrastructure.net/software/compute-tools/upstream

       Upstream Sources:
       https://git.open-infrastructure.net/software/compute-tools

       Debian Releases:
       https://get.open-infrastructure.net/software/compute-tools/debian

       Debian Sources:
       https://git.progress-linux.org/users/daniel/debian/packages/open-infrastructure-compute-tools

INSTALLATION

   Source
       $ sudo apt install git make python3-docutils dbus systemd-container
       $ git clone https://git.open-infrastructure.net/software/compute-tools
       $ cd compute-tools && sudo make install

   Debian 9 (stretch) and newer
       $ sudo apt install compute-tools

DEVELOPMENT

       Bug  reports,  feature requests, help, patches, support and everything else are welcome on
       the        Open        Infrastructure        Software        Mailing        List        (‐
       https://lists.open-infrastructure.net/listinfo/software).

       Please   base   patches   against   the   'next'   Git   branch   using  common  sense  (‐
       https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches).

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

KNOWN LIMITATIONS

       This  version  of  compute-tools currently do not work with systemd-networkd and depend on
       ifupdown.

       Using overlay, the upper directory can not be an NFS mount due to  limitations  in  Linux'
       overlay                                    filesystem                                   (‐
       https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt).

USAGE

       Build a new container:
              sudo container build -n NAME

       Start a container:
              sudo container start -n NAME

       Stop a container:
              sudo container stop -n NAME

       Remove a container:
              sudo container remove -n NAME

       List container on the system:
              sudo container list

       Show container version:
              container version

       See container(1) for a list of all container commands.

LINKS

       * Linux Weekly News: Kernel / Containers
         (https://lwn.net/Kernel/Index/#Containers)

       * Linux Weekly News: Security / Containers
         (https://lwn.net/Security/Index/#Containers)

       * 2016-02-24: Systemd vs. Docker
         (https://lwn.net/Articles/676831/)

       * 2015-06-10: Systemd and containers
         (https://lwn.net/Articles/647634/)

       * 2014-07-07: Control groups
         (https://lwn.net/Articles/604609/)

       * 2013-11-13: Systemd-Nspawn is Chroot on Steroids [LinuxCon Europe]
         (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7LlUs5D9p4)

       * 2013-11-03: Creating containers with systemd-nspawn
         (https://lwn.net/Articles/572957/)

       * 2013-02-06: Systemd lightweight containers
         (https://lwn.net/Articles/536033/)

       * 2013-01-04: Namespaces in operation
         (https://lwn.net/Articles/531114/)

AUTHORS

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