Name

       container-get - Download a container

Synopsis

       container get ['OPTIONS']
       cnt g ['OPTIONS']

Description

       The container get command downloads a container based on a script.

   Scripts
       The following download scripts are available:

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

       default:
              Symlink  (if  existing)  to  a download 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_get-script'.

Options

       The following container get 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 build 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.

       --cnt.overlay-options='OPTION1,OPTION2[;OPTION3,OPTION4]':
              Specify container overlay mount options, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.

       --cnt.start='OPTION1[,OPTION2,...]':
              Specify container start options, see container-start(1).

Examples

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

       Create example.net container with the default download script and start it:
          sudo container get,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 (‐
       <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 (<https://bugs.debian.org>).

Authors

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

Open Infrastructure                               compute-tools                                 container-get(1)