// container-tools - Manage systemd-nspawn containers
// Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>
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CONTAINER-TOOLS(7)
==================
:doctype: manpage
:man manual: Open Infrastructure
:man source: container-tools
:man version: {revnumber}


NAME
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container-tools - Manage systemd-nspawn containers


DESCRIPTION
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"[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.


DOWNLOAD
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  * https://github.com/open-infrastructure/container-tools


USAGE
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*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

*limit*::
	sudo container limit -n NAME --cpu-quota 10%

*List container on the system:*::
	sudo container list

*Show container-tools version:*::
	container version


LINKS
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*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
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  * Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>