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K.B.Dharun Krishna c91fd38d59
systemd-nspawn: add page (#11398)
Signed-off-by: K.B.Dharun Krishna <kbdharunkrishna@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Shashank Hebbar <shashankhebbarm@gmail.com>
2023-11-06 18:55:39 +01:00

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systemd-nspawn

Spawn a command or OS in a lightweight container. More information: https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-nspawn.html.

  • Run a command in a container:

systemd-nspawn --directory {{path/to/container_root}}

  • Run a full Linux-based OS in a container:

systemd-nspawn --boot --directory {{path/to/container_root}}

  • Run the specified command as PID 2 in the container (as opposed to PID 1) using a stub init process:

systemd-nspawn --directory {{path/to/container_root}} --as-pid2

  • Specify the machine name and hostname:

systemd-nspawn --machine={{container_name}} --hostname={{container_host}} --directory {{path/to/container_root}}