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diff --git a/share/man/container-create-curl.1.txt b/share/man/container-create-curl.1.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..40028c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/container-create-curl.1.txt @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +// Copyright (C) 2014-2019 Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net> +// +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0+ +// +// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +// (at your option) any later version. +// +// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +// GNU General Public License for more details. +// +// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +// along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +CONTAINER-CREATE-CURL(1) +======================== +:doctype: manpage +:man manual: Open Infrastructure +:man source: compute-tools +:man version: {revnumber} + + +NAME +---- +container-create-curl - Create a Debian based container by downloading a tarball over the network + + +SYNOPSIS +-------- +*container create -s curl* ['OPTIONS'] + + +DESCRIPTION +----------- +The curl container creation script uses curl(1) to download a tarball over the +network to create a Debian based container. + +Depending on the tarball this script otherwise creates a pure Debian system with three modificiations: + + * hostname is set (container name) in /etc/hostname + * systemd machine-id is generated in /etc/machine-id + * root password is set (user specified or 16 random characters) + + +OPTIONS +------- +The following script options are available: + +*-n, --name='NAME'*:: + Specify container name. + +*-a, --architecture='ARCHITECTURE'*:: + Specify container architecture. + +"--clean*:: + Remove downloaded tarball after successfull container creation. + +*-p, --root-password='PASSWORD'*:: + Specify the root password, defaults to a random 16 character password. + +*--server='SERVER'*:: + Specify the image server to download from, defaults to https://get.open-infrastructure.net/system/container/debian. + +*--setup='SETUP'*:: + Specify the setup image name to download, defaults to the value specified through --system using the setup.tar.${COMPRESSION} suffix. + +*--system='SYSTEM'*:: + Specify the system image name to download, defaults to debian-stretch-current_${ARCHITECTURE}.system.tar.${COMPRESSION} (where ${ARCHITECTURE} is the host systems architecture and ${COMPRESSION} either lz, xz, or gz depending on compressor availability on the host system). + + +EXAMPLES +-------- +*Create a Debian 9 (stretch) based container with same architecture as the host system:*:: + sudo container create -s curl -n stretch.example.net + +*Create a Debian 9 (stretch) based container with different architecture as the host system:*:: + sudo container create -s curl -n stretch-i386.example.net -- --system debian-stretch-current_i386.system.tar.xz + +FILES +----- +The following files are used: + +*/etc/open-infrastructure/container/config*:: + Container configuration files. + +*/usr/share/open-infrastructure/container/scripts*:: + Container creation scripts. + +*/usr/share/doc/compute-tools*:: + Container documentation. + +*/var/lib/machines*:: + Container directory. + +*/var/cache/open-infrastructure/container*:: + Container cache directory. + + +CONTAINER IMAGES +---------------- + +compute-tools will download tarballs from a server expecting that the images are tarballs with either gzip, lzip, xz, or no compression. See container-images.sh as an example on how to create your own container images. + + +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. |