container-create-curl1
Create a debian based container by downloading a tarball over the network
Usage
container create
-s
curl
[OPTIONS]
Overview
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.
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--server=SERVER -
Specify the image server to download from, defaults to https://get.open-infrastructure.net/system/container/debian.
-
--setup=SETUP
-
--system=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.
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 <[email protected]>.
Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System at https://bugs.debian.org.