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diff --git a/share/man/container-create-debootstrap.1.rst b/share/man/container-create-debootstrap.1.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3dcfc95 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/container-create-debootstrap.1.rst @@ -0,0 +1,111 @@ +.. Open Infrastructure: compute-tools + +.. Copyright (C) 2014-2021 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 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. + +============================ +container-create-debootstrap +============================ + +-------------------------------------------------------------------- +Create a basic Debian based container with debootstrap or mmdebstrap +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +:manual section: 1 +:manual group: Open Infrastructure + +Synopsis +======== + +| **container create -s debootstrap** ['OPTIONS'] +| **cnt cr -s debootstrap** ['OPTIONS'] + +| **container create -s mmdebstrap** ['OPTIONS'] +| **cnt cr -s mmdebstrap** ['OPTIONS'] + +Description +=========== + +The debootstrap container creation script uses debootstrap(8) or mmdebstrap(1) +to create a Debian based container. + +This script creates a pure Debian system with three modificiations: + + * apt cache of packages downloaded during debootstrap is cleaned + * hostname is set (container name) in /etc/hostname + * 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 the Debian architecture, defaults to the host systems architecture. + +-d, --distribution='DISTRIBUTION': + Specify the Debian distribution, defaults to stretch. + +-m, --mirror='MIRROR': + Specify the Debian mirror, defaults to https://deb.debian.org/debian. + +-p, --root-password='PASSWORD': + Specify the root password, defaults to a random 16 character password. + +Examples +======== + +Create a Debian 9 (stretch) based container with same architecture as the host +system using debootstrap: + + sudo container create -s debootstrap -n stretch.example.net + +Create a Debian 9 (stretch) based container with different architecture as the +host system using mmdebstrap: + + sudo container create -s mmdebstrap -n stretch-i386.example.net -- -a i386 + +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 +(https://bugs.debian.org). + +Authors +======= + +compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann +<daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net> and others. |