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-<refentry id="machinectl" conditional='ENABLE_MACHINED'>
-
- <refentryinfo>
- <title>machinectl</title>
- <productname>systemd</productname>
-
- <authorgroup>
- <author>
- <contrib>Developer</contrib>
- <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
- <surname>Poettering</surname>
- <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
- </author>
- </authorgroup>
- </refentryinfo>
-
- <refmeta>
- <refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle>
- <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
- </refmeta>
-
- <refnamediv>
- <refname>machinectl</refname>
- <refpurpose>Control the systemd machine manager</refpurpose>
- </refnamediv>
-
- <refsynopsisdiv>
- <cmdsynopsis>
- <command>machinectl</command>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
- <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
- <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg>
- </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Description</title>
-
- <para><command>machinectl</command> may be used to
- introspect and control the state of the
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- virtual machine and container registration manager <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Options</title>
-
- <para>The following options are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-h</option></term>
- <term><option>--help</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short help
- text and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--version</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Prints a short version
- string and exits.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-pager</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Do not pipe output into a
- pager.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Do not query the user
- for authentication for privileged
- operations.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-H</option></term>
- <term><option>--host=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Execute the operation
- remotely. Specify a hostname, or
- username and hostname separated by <literal>@</literal>,
- to connect to. This will use SSH to
- talk to the remote machine manager
- instance.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-M</option></term>
- <term><option>--machine=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Execute the operation on a
- local container. Specify a container
- name to connect to.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-p</option></term>
- <term><option>--property=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>When showing
- machine properties, limit the
- output to certain properties as
- specified by the argument. If not
- specified, all set properties are
- shown. The argument should be a
- property name, such as
- <literal>Name</literal>. If
- specified more than once, all
- properties with the specified names
- are shown.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-a</option></term>
- <term><option>--all</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>When showing
- machine properties, show all
- properties regardless of whether they are
- set or not.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-l</option></term>
- <term><option>--full</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize
- process tree entries.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>When used with
- <command>kill-machine</command>,
- choose which processes to kill. Must
- be one of <option>leader</option>, or
- <option>all</option> to select whether
- to kill only the leader process of the
- machine or all processes of the
- machine. If omitted, defaults to
- <option>all</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><option>-s</option></term>
- <term><option>--signal=</option></term>
-
- <listitem><para>When used with
- <command>kill-machine</command>, choose
- which signal to send to selected
- processes. Must be one of the
- well-known signal specifiers, such as
- <constant>SIGTERM</constant>,
- <constant>SIGINT</constant> or
- <constant>SIGSTOP</constant>. If
- omitted, defaults to
- <constant>SIGTERM</constant>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
-
- <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
-
- <variablelist>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>list</command></term>
-
- <listitem><para>List currently running
- virtual machines and containers.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>status</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
-
- <listitem><para>Show terse runtime
- status information about one or more
- virtual machines and containers. This
- function is intended to generate
- human-readable output. If you are
- looking for computer-parsable output,
- use <command>show</command> instead.
- </para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>show</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
-
- <listitem><para>Show properties of one
- or more registered virtual machines or
- containers or the manager itself. If
- no argument is specified, properties
- of the manager will be shown. If an
- ID is specified, properties of this
- virtual machine or container are
- shown. By default, empty properties
- are suppressed. Use
- <option>--all</option> to show those
- too. To select specific properties to
- show, use
- <option>--property=</option>. This
- command is intended to be used
- whenever computer-parsable output is
- required. Use
- <command>status</command> if you are
- looking for formatted human-readable
- output.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>terminate</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
-
- <listitem><para>Terminates a virtual
- machine or container. This kills all
- processes of the virtual machine or
- container and deallocates all
- resources attached to that
- instance.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>kill</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
-
- <listitem><para>Send a signal to one
- or more processes of the virtual
- machine or container. This means
- processes as seen by the host, not the
- processes inside the virtual machine
- or container.
- Use <option>--kill-who=</option> to
- select which process to kill. Use
- <option>--signal=</option> to select
- the signal to send.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><command>login</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
-
- <listitem><para>Open a terminal login
- session to a container. This will
- create a TTY connection to a specific
- container and asks for the execution of a
- getty on it. Note that this is only
- supported for containers running
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- as init system.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
-
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Exit status</title>
-
- <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure
- code otherwise.</para>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>Environment</title>
-
- <variablelist class='environment-variables'>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><varname>$SYSTEMD_PAGER</varname></term>
- <listitem><para>Pager to use when
- <option>--no-pager</option> is not given;
- overrides <varname>$PAGER</varname>. Setting
- this to an empty string or the value
- <literal>cat</literal> is equivalent to passing
- <option>--no-pager</option>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
- </variablelist>
- </refsect1>
-
- <refsect1>
- <title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
- </refsect1>
+<refentry id="machinectl" conditional='ENABLE_MACHINED'
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>machinectl</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>machinectl</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Control the systemd machine manager</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <cmdsynopsis>
+ <command>machinectl</command>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg>
+ <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg>
+ <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg>
+ </cmdsynopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><command>machinectl</command> may be used to introspect and
+ control the state of the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ virtual machine and container registration manager
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Options</title>
+
+ <para>The following options are understood:</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-p</option></term>
+ <term><option>--property=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When showing machine or image properties,
+ limit the output to certain properties as specified by the
+ argument. If not specified, all set properties are shown. The
+ argument should be a property name, such as
+ <literal>Name</literal>. If specified more than once, all
+ properties with the specified names are
+ shown.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-a</option></term>
+ <term><option>--all</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When showing machine or image properties, show
+ all properties regardless of whether they are set or
+ not.</para>
+
+ <para>When listing VM or container images, do not suppress
+ images beginning in a dot character
+ (<literal>.</literal>).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-l</option></term>
+ <term><option>--full</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize process tree entries.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for
+ privileged operations.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>kill</command>, choose
+ which processes to kill. Must be one of
+ <option>leader</option>, or <option>all</option> to select
+ whether to kill only the leader process of the machine or all
+ processes of the machine. If omitted, defaults to
+ <option>all</option>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-s</option></term>
+ <term><option>--signal=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>kill</command>, choose
+ which signal to send to selected processes. Must be one of the
+ well-known signal specifiers, such as
+ <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, <constant>SIGINT</constant> or
+ <constant>SIGSTOP</constant>. If omitted, defaults to
+ <constant>SIGTERM</constant>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--mkdir</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>bind</command> creates
+ the destination directory before applying the bind
+ mount.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--read-only</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>bind</command> applies
+ a read-only bind mount.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-n</option></term>
+ <term><option>--lines=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>status</command>,
+ controls the number of journal lines to show, counting from
+ the most recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument.
+ Defaults to 10.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-o</option></term>
+ <term><option>--output=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>status</command>,
+ controls the formatting of the journal entries that are shown.
+ For the available choices, see
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ Defaults to <literal>short</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--verify=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When downloading a container or VM image,
+ specify whether the image shall be verified before it is made
+ available. Takes one of <literal>no</literal>,
+ <literal>checksum</literal> and <literal>signature</literal>.
+ If <literal>no</literal> no verification is done. If
+ <literal>checksum</literal> is specified the download is
+ checked for integrity after transfer is complete, but no
+ signatures are verified. If <literal>signature</literal> is
+ specified, the checksum is verified and the images's signature
+ is checked against a local keyring of trustable vendors. It is
+ strongly recommended to set this option to
+ <literal>signature</literal> if the server and protocol
+ support this. Defaults to
+ <literal>signature</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--force</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When downloading a container or VM image, and
+ a local copy by the specified local machine name already
+ exists, delete it first and replace it by the newly downloaded
+ image.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--dkr-index-url</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Specifies the index server to use for
+ downloading <literal>dkr</literal> images with the
+ <command>pull-dkr</command>. Takes a
+ <literal>http://</literal>, <literal>https://</literal>
+ URL.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>--format=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>When used with the <option>export-tar</option>
+ or <option>export-raw</option> commands specifies the
+ compression format to use for the resulting file. Takes one of
+ <literal>uncompressed</literal>, <literal>xz</literal>,
+ <literal>gzip</literal>, <literal>bzip2</literal>. By default
+ the format is determined automatically from the image file
+ name passed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
+ <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" />
+ <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" />
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Commands</title>
+
+ <para>The following commands are understood:</para>
+
+ <refsect2><title>Machine Commands</title><variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>List currently running (online) virtual
+ machines and containers. To enumerate container images that
+ can be started, use <command>list-images</command> (see
+ below).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>status</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show terse runtime status information about
+ one or more virtual machines and containers, followed by the
+ most recent log data from the journal. This function is
+ intended to generate human-readable output. If you are looking
+ for computer-parsable output, use <command>show</command>
+ instead. Note that the log data shown is reported by the
+ virtual machine or container manager, and frequently contains
+ console output of the machine, but not necessarily journal
+ contents of the machine itself.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>show</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show properties of one or more registered
+ virtual machines or containers or the manager itself. If no
+ argument is specified, properties of the manager will be
+ shown. If an NAME is specified, properties of this virtual
+ machine or container are shown. By default, empty properties
+ are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show those too.
+ To select specific properties to show, use
+ <option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be
+ used whenever computer-parsable output is required. Use
+ <command>status</command> if you are looking for formatted
+ human-readable output.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>start</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Start a container as a system service, using
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ This starts <filename>systemd-nspawn@.service</filename>,
+ instantiated for the specified machine name, similar to the
+ effect of <command>systemctl start</command> on the service
+ name. <command>systemd-nspawn</command> looks for a container
+ image by the specified name in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> (and other search
+ paths, see below) and runs it. Use
+ <command>list-images</command> (see below), for listing
+ available container images to start.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ also interfaces with a variety of other container and VM
+ managers, <command>systemd-nspawn</command> is just one
+ implementation of it. Most of the commands available in
+ <command>machinectl</command> may be used on containers or VMs
+ controlled by other managers, not just
+ <command>systemd-nspawn</command>. Starting VMs and container
+ images on those managers requires manager-specific
+ tools.</para>
+
+ <para>To interactively start a container on the command line
+ with full access to the container's console, please invoke
+ <command>systemd-nspawn</command> directly. To stop a running
+ container use <command>machinectl poweroff</command>, see
+ below.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>login</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Open an interactive terminal login session to
+ a container. This will create a TTY connection to a specific
+ container and asks for the execution of a getty on it. Note
+ that this is only supported for containers running
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ as init system.</para>
+
+ <para>This command will open a full login prompt on the
+ container, which then asks for username and password. Use
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ with the <option>--machine=</option> switch to invoke a single
+ command, either interactively or in the background within a
+ local container.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>enable</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+ <term><command>disable</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Enable or disable a container as a system
+ service to start at system boot, using
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
+ This enables or disables
+ <filename>systemd-nspawn@.service</filename>, instantiated for
+ the specified machine name, similar to the effect of
+ <command>systemctl enable</command> or <command>systemctl
+ disable</command> on the service name.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>poweroff</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Power off one or more containers. This will
+ trigger a reboot by sending SIGRTMIN+4 to the container's init
+ process, which causes systemd-compatible init systems to shut
+ down cleanly. This operation does not work on containers that
+ do not run a
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>-compatible
+ init system, such as sysvinit. Use
+ <command>terminate</command> (see below) to immediately
+ terminate a container or VM, without cleanly shutting it
+ down.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>reboot</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Reboot one or more containers. This will
+ trigger a reboot by sending SIGINT to the container's init
+ process, which is roughly equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del
+ on a non-containerized system, and is compatible with
+ containers running any system manager.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>terminate</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Immediately terminates a virtual machine or
+ container, without cleanly shutting it down. This kills all
+ processes of the virtual machine or container and deallocates
+ all resources attached to that instance. Use
+ <command>poweroff</command> to issue a clean shutdown
+ request.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>kill</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Send a signal to one or more processes of the
+ virtual machine or container. This means processes as seen by
+ the host, not the processes inside the virtual machine or
+ container. Use <option>--kill-who=</option> to select which
+ process to kill. Use <option>--signal=</option> to select the
+ signal to send.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>bind</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Bind mounts a directory from the host into the
+ specified container. The first directory argument is the
+ source directory on the host, the second directory argument
+ the source directory on the host. When the latter is omitted
+ the destination path in the container is the same as the
+ source path on the host. When combined with the
+ <option>--read-only</option> switch a ready-only bind mount is
+ created. When combined with the <option>--mkdir</option>
+ switch the destination path is first created before the mount
+ is applied. Note that this option is currently only supported
+ for
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ containers.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>copy-to</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Copies files or directories from the host
+ system into a running container. Takes a container name,
+ followed by the source path on the host and the destination
+ path in the container. If the destination path is omitted the
+ same as the source path is used.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>copy-from</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Copies files or directories from a container
+ into the host system. Takes a container name, followed by the
+ source path in the container the destination path on the host.
+ If the destination path is omitted the same as the source path
+ is used.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2><title>Image Commands</title><variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-images</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show a list of locally installed container and
+ VM images. This enumerates all raw disk images and container
+ directories and subvolumes in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> (and other search
+ paths, see below). Use <command>start</command> (see above) to
+ run a container off one of the listed images. Note that by
+ default containers whose name begins with a dot
+ (<literal>.</literal>) are not shown. To show these too,
+ specify <option>--all</option>. Note that a special image
+ <literal>.host</literal> always implicitly exists and refers
+ to the image the host itself is booted from.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>image-status</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show terse status information about one or
+ more container or VM images. This function is intended to
+ generate human-readable output. Use
+ <command>show-image</command> (see below) to generate
+ computer-parsable output instead.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>show-image</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Show properties of one or more registered
+ virtual machine or container images, or the manager itself. If
+ no argument is specified, properties of the manager will be
+ shown. If an NAME is specified, properties of this virtual
+ machine or container image are shown. By default, empty
+ properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show
+ those too. To select specific properties to show, use
+ <option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be
+ used whenever computer-parsable output is required. Use
+ <command>image-status</command> if you are looking for
+ formatted human-readable output.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>clone</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Clones a container or VM image. The
+ arguments specify the name of the image to clone and the name
+ of the newly cloned image. Note that plain directory container
+ images are cloned into subvolume images with this command.
+ Note that cloning a container or VM image is optimized for
+ btrfs file systems, and might not be efficient on others, due
+ to file system limitations.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>rename</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Renames a container or VM image. The
+ arguments specify the name of the image to rename and the new
+ name of the image.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>read-only</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>BOOL</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Marks or (unmarks) a container or VM image
+ read-only. Takes a VM or container image name, followed by a
+ boolean as arguments. If the boolean is omitted, positive is
+ implied, i.e. the image is marked read-only.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>remove</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Removes one or more container or VM images.
+ The special image <literal>.host</literal>, which refers to
+ the host's own directory tree may not be
+ removed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>set-limit</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>] <replaceable>BYTES</replaceable></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Sets the maximum size in bytes a specific
+ container or VM image, or all images may grow up to on disk
+ (disk quota). Takes either one or two parameters. The first,
+ optional parameter refers to a container or VM image name. If
+ specified the size limit of the specified image is changed. If
+ omitted the overall size limit of the sum of all images stored
+ locally is changed. The final argument specifies the size
+ limit in bytes, possibly suffixed by the usual K, M, G, T
+ units. If the size limit shall be disabled, specify
+ <literal>-</literal> as size.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that per-container size limits are only supported
+ on btrfs file systems. Also note that if
+ <command>set-limit</command> is invoked without image
+ parameter, and <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename> is
+ empty, and the directory is not located on btrfs, a btrfs
+ loopback file is implicitly created as
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines.raw</filename> with the given
+ size, and mounted to
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>. The size of the
+ loopback may later be readjusted with
+ <command>set-limit</command>, as well. If such a
+ loopback-mounted <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>
+ directory is used <command>set-limit</command> without image
+ name alters both the quota setting within the file system as
+ well as the loopback file and file system size
+ itself.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+
+ <refsect2><title>Image Transfer Commands</title><variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>pull-tar</command> <replaceable>URL</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Downloads a <filename>.tar</filename>
+ container image from the specified URL, and makes it available
+ under the specified local machine name. The URL must be of
+ type <literal>http://</literal> or
+ <literal>https://</literal>, and must refer to a
+ <filename>.tar</filename>, <filename>.tar.gz</filename>,
+ <filename>.tar.xz</filename> or <filename>.tar.bz2</filename>
+ archive file. If the local machine name is omitted the name it
+ is automatically derived from the last component of the URL,
+ with its suffix removed.</para>
+
+ <para>The image is verified before it is made available,
+ unless <option>--verify=no</option> is specified. Verification
+ is done via SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.gpg files, that need to
+ be made available on the same web server, under the same URL
+ as the <filename>.tar</filename> file, but with the last
+ component (the filename) of the URL replaced. With
+ <option>--verify=checksum</option> only the SHA256 checksum
+ for the file is verified, based on the
+ <filename>SHA256SUMS</filename> file. With
+ <option>--verify=signature</option> the SHA256SUMS file is
+ first verified with detached GPG signature file
+ <filename>SHA256SUMS.gpg</filename>. The public key for this
+ verification step needs to be available in
+ <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/import-pubring.gpg</filename> or
+ <filename>/etc/systemd/import-pubring.gpg</filename>.</para>
+
+ <para>The container image will be downloaded and stored in a
+ read-only subvolume in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>, that is named after
+ the specified URL and its HTTP etag. A writable snapshot is
+ then taken from this subvolume, and named after the specified
+ local name. This behaviour ensures that creating multiple
+ container instances of the same URL is efficient, as multiple
+ downloads are not necessary. In order to create only the
+ read-only image, and avoid creating its writable snapshot,
+ specify <literal>-</literal> as local machine name.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that the read-only subvolume is prefixed with
+ <filename>.tar-</filename>, and is thus now shown by
+ <command>list-images</command>, unless <option>--all</option>
+ is passed.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that pressing C-c during execution of this command
+ will not abort the download. Use
+ <command>cancel-transfer</command>, described
+ below.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>pull-raw</command> <replaceable>URL</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Downloads a <filename>.raw</filename>
+ container or VM disk image from the specified URL, and makes
+ it available under the specified local machine name. The URL
+ must be of type <literal>http://</literal> or
+ <literal>https://</literal>. The container image must either
+ be a <filename>.qcow2</filename> or raw disk image, optionally
+ compressed as <filename>.gz</filename>,
+ <filename>.xz</filename>, or <filename>.bz2</filename>. If the
+ local machine name is omitted the name it is automatically
+ derived from the last component of the URL, with its suffix
+ removed.</para>
+
+ <para>Image verification is identical for raw and tar images
+ (see above).</para>
+
+ <para>If the the downloaded image is in
+ <filename>.qcow2</filename> format it es converted into a raw
+ image file before it is made available.</para>
+
+ <para>Downloaded images of this type will be placed as
+ read-only <filename>.raw</filename> file in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. A local, writable
+ (reflinked) copy is then made under the specified local
+ machine name. To omit creation of the local, writable copy
+ pass <literal>-</literal> as local machine name.</para>
+
+ <para>Similar to the behaviour of <command>pull-tar</command>,
+ the read-only image is prefixed with
+ <filename>.raw-</filename>, and thus now shown by
+ <command>list-images</command>, unless <option>--all</option>
+ is passed.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that pressing C-c during execution of this command
+ will not abort the download. Use
+ <command>cancel-transfer</command>, described
+ below.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>pull-dkr</command> <replaceable>REMOTE</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Downloads a <literal>dkr</literal> container
+ image and makes it available locally. The remote name refers
+ to a <literal>dkr</literal> container name. If omitted, the
+ local machine name is derived from the <literal>dkr</literal>
+ container name.</para>
+
+ <para>Image verification is not available for
+ <literal>dkr</literal> containers, and thus
+ <option>--verify=no</option> must always be specified with
+ this command.</para>
+
+ <para>This command downloads all (missing) layers for the
+ specified container and places them in read-only subvolumes in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. A writable snapshot
+ of the newest layer is then created under the specified local
+ machine name. To omit creation of this writable snapshot, pass
+ <literal>-</literal> as local machine name.</para>
+
+ <para>The read-only layer subvolumes are prefixed with
+ <filename>.dkr-</filename>, and thus now shown by
+ <command>list-images</command>, unless <option>--all</option>
+ is passed.</para>
+
+ <para>To specify the <literal>dkr</literal> index server to
+ use for looking up the specified container, use
+ <option>--dkr-index-url=</option>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that pressing C-c during execution of this command
+ will not abort the download. Use
+ <command>cancel-transfer</command>, described
+ below.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>import-tar</command> <replaceable>FILE</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+ <term><command>import-raw</command> <replaceable>FILE</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term>
+ <listitem><para>Imports a TAR or RAW container or VM image,
+ and places it under the specified name in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. When
+ <command>import-tar</command> is used the file specified as
+ first argument should be a tar archive, possibly compressed
+ with xz, gzip or bzip2. It will then be unpacked into its own
+ subvolume in <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>. When
+ <command>import-raw</command> is used the file should be a
+ qcow2 or raw disk image, possibly compressed with xz, gzip or
+ bzip2. If the second argument (the resulting image name) is
+ not specified it is automatically derived from the file
+ name. If the file name is passed as <literal>-</literal> the
+ image is read from standard input, in which case the second
+ argument is mandatory.</para>
+
+ <para>Similar as with <command>pull-tar</command>,
+ <command>pull-raw</command> the file system
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines.raw</filename> is increased in
+ size of necessary and appropriate. Optionally the
+ <option>--read-only</option> switch may be used to create a
+ read-only container or VM image. No cryptographic validation
+ is done when importing the images.</para>
+
+ <para>Much like image downloads, ongoing imports may be listed
+ with <command>list-transfers</command> and aborted with
+ <command>cancel-transfer</command>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>export-tar</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>FILE</replaceable>]</term>
+ <term><command>export-raw</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>FILE</replaceable>]</term>
+ <listitem><para>Exports a TAR or RAW container or VM image and
+ stores it in the specified file. The first parameter should be
+ a VM or container image name. The second parameter should be a
+ file path the TAR or RAW image is written to. If the path ends
+ in <literal>.gz</literal> the file is compressed with gzip, if
+ it ends in <literal>.xz</literal> with xz, and if it ends in
+ <literal>.bz2</literal> with bzip2. If the path ends in
+ neither the file is left uncompressed. If the second argument
+ is missing the image is written to standard output. The
+ compression may also be explicitly selected with the
+ <option>--format=</option> switch. This is in particular
+ useful if the second parameter is left unspecified.</para>
+
+ <para>Much like image downloads and imports, ongoing exports
+ may be listed with <command>list-transfers</command> and
+ aborted with
+ <command>cancel-transfer</command>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that currently only directory and subvolume images
+ may be exported as TAR images, and only raw disk images as RAW
+ images.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>list-transfers</command></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Shows a list of container or VM image
+ downloads, imports and exports that are currently in
+ progress.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><command>cancel-transfers</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Aborts a download, import or export of the
+ container or VM image with the specified ID. To list ongoing
+ transfers and their IDs, use
+ <command>list-transfers</command>. </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist></refsect2>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Files and Directories</title>
+
+ <para>Machine images are preferably stored in
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>, but are also searched for
+ in <filename>/usr/local/lib/machines/</filename> and
+ <filename>/usr/lib/machines/</filename>. For compatibility reasons
+ the directory <filename>/var/lib/container/</filename> is
+ searched, too. Note that images stored below
+ <filename>/usr</filename> are always considered read-only. It is
+ possible to symlink machines images from other directories into
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> to make them available for
+ control with <command>machinectl</command>.</para>
+
+ <para>Note that many image operations are only supported,
+ efficient or atomic on btrfs file systems. Due to this, if the
+ <command>pull-tar</command>, <command>pull-raw</command>,
+ <command>pull-dkr</command>, <command>import-tar</command>,
+ <command>import-raw</command> and <command>set-limit</command>
+ commands notice that <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename> is
+ empty and not located on btrfs, they will implicitly set up a
+ loopback file <filename>/var/lib/machines.raw</filename>
+ containing a btrfs file system that is mounted to
+ <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>. The size of this loopback
+ file may be controlled dynamically with
+ <command>set-limit</command>.</para>
+
+ <para>Disk images are understood by
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ and <command>machinectl</command> in three formats:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>A simple directory tree, containing the files
+ and directories of the container to boot.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>A subvolume (on btrfs file systems), which are
+ similar to the simple directories, described above. However,
+ they have additional benefits, such as efficient cloning and
+ quota reporting.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>"Raw" disk images, i.e. binary images of disks
+ with a GPT or MBR partition table. Images of this type are
+ regular files with the suffix
+ <literal>.raw</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for more information on image formats, in particular it's
+ <option>--directory=</option> and <option>--image=</option>
+ options.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+ <example>
+ <title>Download an Ubuntu image and open a shell in it</title>
+
+ <programlisting># machinectl pull-tar https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz
+# systemd-nspawn -M trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-root</programlisting>
+
+ <para>This downloads and verifies the specified
+ <filename>.tar</filename> image, and then uses
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ to open a shell in it.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Download a Fedora image, set a root password in it, start
+ it as service</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
+# passwd
+# exit
+# machinectl start Fedora-Cloud-Base-20141203-21
+# machinectl login Fedora-Cloud-Base-20141203-21</programlisting>
+
+ <para>This downloads the specified <filename>.raw</filename>
+ image with verification disabled. Then a shell is opened in it
+ and a root password is set. Afterwards the shell is left, and
+ the machine started as system service. With the last command a
+ login prompt into the container is requested.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Download a Fedora <literal>dkr</literal> image</title>
+
+ <programlisting># machinectl pull-dkr --verify=no mattdm/fedora
+# systemd-nspawn -M fedora</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Downloads a <literal>dkr</literal> image and opens a shell
+ in it. Note that the specified download command might require an
+ index server to be specified with the
+ <literal>--dkr-index-url=</literal>.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ <example>
+ <title>Exports a container image as tar file</title>
+
+ <programlisting># machinectl export-tar fedora myfedora.tar.xz</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Exports the container <literal>fedora</literal> in an
+ xz-compress tar file <filename>myfedora.tar.xz</filename> in the
+ current directory.</para>
+ </example>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Exit status</title>
+
+ <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code
+ otherwise.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" />
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>tar</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>xz</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>gzip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>bzip2</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
</refentry>
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