the root directory for the container
from. Takes a path to a regular file
or to a block device node. The file or
- block device must contain either an
- MBR partition table with a single
- partition of type 0x83 that is marked
- bootable, or a GUID partition table
- with a root partition which is mounted
- as the root directory of the
- container. Optionally, GPT images may
- contain a home and/or a server data
- partition which are mounted to the
- appropriate places in the
- container. All these partitions must
- be identified by the partition types
- defined by the <ulink
- url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/">Discoverable
- Partitions Specification</ulink>. Any
- other partitions, such as foreign
- partitions, swap partitions or EFI
- system partitions are not mounted. May
- not be specified together with
- <option>--directory=</option>,
+ block device must contain either:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>An MBR
+ partition table with a single
+ partition of type 0x83 that is
+ marked
+ bootable.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>A GUID
+ partition table (GPT) with a single
+ partition of type
+ 0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>A GUID
+ partition table (GPT) with a
+ marked root partition which is
+ mounted as the root directory
+ of the container. Optionally,
+ GPT images may contain a home
+ and/or a server data partition
+ which are mounted to the
+ appropriate places in the
+ container. All these
+ partitions must be identified
+ by the partition types defined
+ by the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/DiscoverablePartitionsSpec/">Discoverable
+ Partitions
+ Specification</ulink>.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>Any other partitions, such as
+ foreign partitions, swap partitions or
+ EFI system partitions are not
+ mounted. May not be specified together
+ with <option>--directory=</option>,
<option>--template=</option> or
<option>--ephemeral</option>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>--network-ipvlan=</option></term>
- <listitem><para>Create a
+ <listitem><para>Create an
<literal>ipvlan</literal> interface
of the specified Ethernet network
interface and add it to the
<refsect1>
<title>Examples</title>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Download a Fedora image and start a shell in it</title>
+
+ <programlisting># machinectl pull-raw --verify=no http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/fedora/linux/releases/21/Cloud/Images/x86_64/Fedora-Cloud-Base-20141203-21.x86_64.raw.xz
+# systemd-nspawn -M Fedora-Cloud-Base-20141203-21</programlisting>
+
+<para>This downloads an image using <citerefentry><refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and opens a shell in it.</para>
+ </example>
+
<example>
- <title>Boot a minimal Fedora distribution in a container</title>
+ <title>Build and boot a minimal Fedora distribution in a container</title>
<programlisting># yum -y --releasever=21 --nogpg --installroot=/srv/mycontainer --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=fedora install systemd passwd yum fedora-release vim-minimal
# systemd-nspawn -bD /srv/mycontainer</programlisting>
boots an OS in a namespace container in it.</para>
</example>
- <example>
- <title>Enable Arch Linux container on boot</title>
-
- <programlisting># mv ~/arch-tree /var/lib/machines/arch
-# systemctl enable systemd-nspawn@arch.service
-# systemctl start systemd-nspawn@arch.service</programlisting>
-
- <para>This makes the Arch Linux container part of the
- <filename>multi-user.target</filename> on the host.
- </para>
- </example>
-
<example>
<title>Boot into an ephemeral <literal>btrfs</literal> snapshot of the host system</title>
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