From 28cbedf61f7dace1dce55a19d1fc5ae9d3d63000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2016 11:56:20 +0100 Subject: Adding readme file. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- README.txt | 80 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 80 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.txt diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f1c04e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +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 -- cgit v1.2.3