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diff --git a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
index 75db65eac..0c6fb0028 100644
--- a/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-nspawn.xml
@@ -165,14 +165,80 @@
Directory to use as
- file system root for the container. If
- neither
- nor are
+ file system root for the container.
+
+ If neither
+ , nor
+ is specified
+ the directory is determined as
+ /var/lib/machines/
+ suffixed by the machine name as
+ specified with
+ . If
+ neither ,
+ , nor
+ are
specified, the current directory will
- be used. May not be specified together with
+ be used. May not be specified together
+ with
.
+
+
+
+ Directory or
+ btrfs subvolume to
+ use as template for the container's
+ root directory. If this is specified
+ and the container's root directory (as
+ configured by
+ ) does
+ not yet exist it is created as
+ btrfs subvolume and
+ populated from this template
+ tree. Ideally, the specified template
+ path refers to the root of a
+ btrfs subvolume, in
+ which case a simple copy-on-write
+ snapshot is taken, and populating the
+ root directory is instant. If the
+ specified template path does not refer
+ to the root of a
+ btrfs subvolume (or
+ not even to a btrfs
+ file system at all), the tree is
+ copied, which can be substantially
+ more time-consuming. Note that if this
+ option is used the container's root
+ directory (in contrast to the template
+ directory!) must be located on a
+ btrfs file system,
+ so that the btrfs
+ subvolume may be created. May not be
+ specified together with
+ or
+ .
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ If specified, the
+ container is run with a temporary
+ btrfs snapshot of
+ its root directory (as configured with
+ ), that
+ is removed immediately when the
+ container terminates. This option is
+ only supported if the root file system
+ is btrfs. May not
+ be specified together with
+ or
+ .
+
+
@@ -181,10 +247,13 @@
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 a GUID
- Partition Table with a root partition
- which is mounted as the root directory
- of the container. Optionally, it may
+ 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
@@ -197,7 +266,9 @@
partitions, swap partitions or EFI
system partitions are not mounted. May
not be specified together with
- .
+ ,
+ or
+ .
@@ -237,13 +308,22 @@
Sets the machine name
for this container. This name may be
- used to identify this container on the
- host, and is used to initialize the
- container's hostname (which the
- container can choose to override,
- however). If not specified, the last
- component of the root directory of the
- container is used.
+ used to identify this container during
+ its runtime (for example in tools like
+ machinectl1
+ and similar), and is used to
+ initialize the container's hostname
+ (which the container can choose to
+ override, however). If not specified,
+ the last component of the root
+ directory path of the container is
+ used, possibly suffixed with a random
+ identifier in case
+ mode is
+ selected. If the root directory
+ selected is the host's root directory
+ the host's hostname is used as default
+ instead.
@@ -330,6 +410,7 @@
+ Create a virtual
@@ -365,6 +446,32 @@
of ve-.
+
+
+
+
+ If private networking
+ is enabled, maps an IP port on the
+ host onto an IP port on the
+ container. Takes a protocol specifier
+ (either tcp or
+ udp), separated by
+ a colon from a host port number in the
+ range 1 to 65535, separated by a colon
+ from a container port number in the
+ range from 1 to 65535. The protocol
+ specifier and its separating colon may
+ be omitted, in which case
+ tcp is assumed.
+ The container port number and its
+ colon may be ommitted, in which case
+ the same port as the host port is
+ implied. This option is only supported
+ if private networking is used, such as
+ or
+ .
+
+
@@ -458,7 +565,7 @@
at the same location. try-host
and try-guest do the same
but do not fail if the host does not have
- persistant journalling enabled.
+ persistent journalling enabled.
If auto (the default),
and the right subdirectory of
/var/log/journal
@@ -653,13 +760,13 @@
=MODEBoots the container in
- volatile (ephemeral) mode. When no
- mode parameter is passed or when mode
- is specified as yes
- full volatile mode is enabled. This
- means the root directory is mounted as
- mostly unpopulated
- tmpfs instance, and
+ volatile mode. When no mode parameter
+ is passed or when mode is specified as
+ yes full volatile
+ mode is enabled. This means the root
+ directory is mounted as mostly
+ unpopulated tmpfs
+ instance, and
/usr from the OS
tree is mounted into it, read-only
(the system thus starts up with
@@ -677,8 +784,8 @@
changes to the latter are lost on
shutdown). When the mode parameter is
specified as no
- (the default) the whole OS tree is made
- available writable.
+ (the default) the whole OS tree is
+ made available writable.
Note that setting this to
yes or
@@ -703,7 +810,7 @@
Boot a minimal Fedora distribution in a container
- # yum -y --releasever=19 --nogpg --installroot=/srv/mycontainer --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=fedora install systemd passwd yum fedora-release vim-minimal
+ # yum -y --releasever=21 --nogpg --installroot=/srv/mycontainer --disablerepo='*' --enablerepo=fedora install systemd passwd yum fedora-release vim-minimal
# systemd-nspawn -bD /srv/mycontainerThis installs a minimal Fedora distribution into
@@ -738,7 +845,7 @@
Enable Arch Linux container on boot
- # mv ~/arch-tree /var/lib/container/arch
+ # mv ~/arch-tree /var/lib/machines/arch
# systemctl enable systemd-nspawn@arch.service
# systemctl start systemd-nspawn@arch.service
@@ -748,13 +855,16 @@
- Boot into a btrfs snapshot of the host system
+ Boot into an ephemeral btrfs snapshot of the host system
- # btrfs subvolume snapshot / /.tmp
-# systemd-nspawn --private-network -D /.tmp -b
+ # systemd-nspawn -D / -xbThis runs a copy of the host system in a
- btrfs snapshot.
+ btrfs snapshot which is
+ removed immediately when the container
+ exits. All file system changes made during
+ runtime will be lost on shutdown,
+ hence.
@@ -781,7 +891,8 @@
debootstrap8,
pacman8,
systemd.slice5,
- machinectl1
+ machinectl1,
+ btrfs8