From e4e1fac47f706d3a2c8ffbf59bf384076785c5be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2019 11:50:09 +0100 Subject: Readding curl container create script. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- share/man/container-create-curl.1.txt | 129 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ share/man/container-create.1.txt | 6 ++ 2 files changed, 135 insertions(+) create mode 100644 share/man/container-create-curl.1.txt (limited to 'share/man') 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 +// +// 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 . + +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 . + +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 and others. diff --git a/share/man/container-create.1.txt b/share/man/container-create.1.txt index 5ba4637..7f1f0a9 100644 --- a/share/man/container-create.1.txt +++ b/share/man/container-create.1.txt @@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ SCRIPTS ------- The following container scripts are available: +*curl*:: + Basic script to create Debian based container, see container-create-curl(1). + *debootstrap*:: Basic script to create Debian based container, see container-create-debootstrap(1). @@ -84,6 +87,9 @@ The following container scripts are available: EXAMPLES -------- +*Create example.net container using curl script:*:: + sudo container create -n example.net -s curl + *Create example.net container using debootstrap script:*:: sudo container create -n example.net -s debootstrap -- cgit v1.2.3