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+// container-tools - Manage systemd-nspawn containers
+// Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>
+//
+// 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-TOOLS(7)
+==================
+:doctype: manpage
+:man manual: Open Infrastructure
+:man source: container-tools
+:man version: {revnumber}
+
+
+NAME
+----
+container-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)
+
+container-tools provides the system integration for managing containers using systemd-nspawn.
+
+
+DOWNLOAD
+--------
+
+ * Upstream Releases: https://files.open-infrastructure.net/software/container-tools/upstream
+ * Upstream Sources: https://sources.open-infrastructure.net/software/container-tools
+ * Debian Releases: https://files.open-infrastructure.net/software/container-tools/debian
+ * Debian Sources: https://sources.progress-linux.org/users/daniel/debian/packages/open-infrastructure-container-tools
+
+
+INSTALLATION
+------------
+
+SOURCE
+~~~~~~
+
+ 1. sudo apt install asciidoc git docbook-xml docbook-xsl libxml2-utils make xsltproc dbus systemd-container
+ 2. git clone https://sources.open-infrastructure.net/software/container-tools
+ 3. cd container-tools && sudo make install
+
+DEBIAN 9 (STRETCH) AND NEWER
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+ * sudo apt install container-tools
+
+
+DEVELOPMENT
+-----------
+
+Bug reports, feature requests, and patches are welcome via Debian Bug Tracking System:
+
+ * https://bugs.debian.org
+
+Please base them against the 'next' Git branch using common sense:
+
+ * https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+
+
+KNOWN LIMITATIONS
+-----------------
+
+container-tools currently do not work with systemd-networkd and depend on ifupdown.
+
+
+USAGE
+-----
+
+*Create a new container:*::
+ sudo container create -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-tools version:*::
+ container version
+
+See container(1) for a list of all container commands.
+
+
+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/
+
+
+AUTHORS
+-------
+
+ * Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>