X-Git-Url: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~ianmdlvl/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsystemd-nspawn.xml;h=a926a7e5d3d18545890f68856b524c846c7b2639;hb=843605d372aa000a1ad120bb9d06d04e8b1da50c;hp=f63f72c18d80b70cbf7f6b0caed00344051fea1c;hpb=40c32a4ad488256e934ce9ecc05ebfac04851711;p=elogind.git diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml index f63f72c18..a926a7e5d 100644 --- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml +++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml @@ -93,9 +93,12 @@ container. Use a tool like - debootstrap8 or mock1 + yum8 + or + debootstrap8 to set up an OS directory tree suitable as file system - hierarchy for systemd-nspawn containers. + hierarchy for systemd-nspawn + containers. Note that systemd-nspawn will mount file systems private to the container to @@ -141,6 +144,16 @@ used. + + + + + Automatically search + for an init binary and invoke it + instead of a shell or a user supplied + program. + + @@ -154,6 +167,17 @@ + + + + Set the specified uuid + for the container. The init system + will initialize + /etc/machine-id + from this if this file is not set yet. + + + @@ -174,6 +198,14 @@ loopback device. + + + + Mount the root file + system read only for the + container. + + @@ -181,27 +213,25 @@ Example 1 - # debootstrap --arch=amd64 unstable debian-tree/ -# systemd-nspawn -D debian-tree/ - - This installs a minimal Debian unstable - distribution into the directory - debian-tree/ and then spawns a - shell in a namespace container in it. + # yum --releasever=17 --nogpgcheck --installroot ~/fedora-tree/ install yum passwd vim-minimal rootfiles systemd +# systemd-nspawn -D ~/fedora-tree /usr/lib/systemd/systemd + This installs a minimal Fedora distribution into + the directory ~/fedora-tree/ + and then boots an OS in a namespace container in it, + with systemd as init system. Example 2 - # mock --init -# systemd-nspawn -D /var/lib/mock/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/root/ /sbin/init systemd.log_level=debug + # debootstrap --arch=amd64 unstable ~/debian-tree/ +# systemd-nspawn -D ~/debian-tree/ - This installs a minimal Fedora distribution into - a subdirectory of /var/lib/mock/ - and then boots an OS in a namespace container in it, - with systemd as init system, configured for debug - logging. + This installs a minimal Debian unstable + distribution into the directory + ~/debian-tree/ and then spawns a + shell in a namespace container in it. @@ -217,8 +247,8 @@ systemd1, chroot1, - debootstrap8, - mock1 + yum8, + debootstrap8