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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>2016-03-02 10:56:20 +0000
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+Open Infrastructure: container-tools
+====================================
+
+
+1. 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)
+
+container-tools provides the integration for Debian based Containers using
+systemd-nspawn.
+
+
+2. Download
+-----------
+
+ * https://github.com/open-infrastructure/container-tools
+
+
+3. Usage
+--------
+
+ * Create a new container:
+ sudo container create -n NAME
+
+ * Start a container:
+ sudo container start -n NAME
+
+ * Restart a container:
+ sudo container restart -n NAME
+
+ * Stop a container:
+ sudo container stop -n NAME
+
+ * Remove a container:
+ sudo container remove -n NAME
+
+ * Attach console to a container:
+ sudo container console -n NAME
+
+ * List container on the system:
+ sudo container list
+
+ * Show container-tools version:
+ container version
+
+
+4. Links
+--------
+
+ * 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/
+
+
+5. Authors
+----------
+
+ * Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>