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21ac6ff1 | 24 | <refentry id="machinectl" conditional='ENABLE_MACHINED' |
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25 | xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"> |
26 | ||
27 | <refentryinfo> | |
28 | <title>machinectl</title> | |
29 | <productname>systemd</productname> | |
30 | ||
31 | <authorgroup> | |
32 | <author> | |
33 | <contrib>Developer</contrib> | |
34 | <firstname>Lennart</firstname> | |
35 | <surname>Poettering</surname> | |
36 | <email>lennart@poettering.net</email> | |
37 | </author> | |
38 | </authorgroup> | |
39 | </refentryinfo> | |
40 | ||
41 | <refmeta> | |
42 | <refentrytitle>machinectl</refentrytitle> | |
43 | <manvolnum>1</manvolnum> | |
44 | </refmeta> | |
45 | ||
46 | <refnamediv> | |
47 | <refname>machinectl</refname> | |
48 | <refpurpose>Control the systemd machine manager</refpurpose> | |
49 | </refnamediv> | |
50 | ||
51 | <refsynopsisdiv> | |
52 | <cmdsynopsis> | |
53 | <command>machinectl</command> | |
54 | <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">OPTIONS</arg> | |
55 | <arg choice="req">COMMAND</arg> | |
56 | <arg choice="opt" rep="repeat">NAME</arg> | |
57 | </cmdsynopsis> | |
58 | </refsynopsisdiv> | |
59 | ||
60 | <refsect1> | |
61 | <title>Description</title> | |
62 | ||
63 | <para><command>machinectl</command> may be used to introspect and | |
64 | control the state of the | |
65 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
66 | virtual machine and container registration manager | |
67 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para> | |
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68 | |
69 | <para><command>machinectl</command> may be used to execute | |
70 | operations on machines and images. Machines in this sense are | |
71 | considered running instances of:</para> | |
72 | ||
73 | <itemizedlist> | |
74 | <listitem><para>Virtual Machines (VMs) that virtualize hardware | |
75 | to run full operating system (OS) instances (including their kernels) | |
76 | in a virtualized environment on top of the host OS.</para></listitem> | |
77 | ||
78 | <listitem><para>Containers that share the hardware and | |
79 | OS kernel with the host OS, in order to run | |
80 | OS userspace instances on top the host OS.</para></listitem> | |
81 | ||
82 | <listitem><para>The host system itself</para></listitem> | |
83 | </itemizedlist> | |
84 | ||
85 | <para>Machines are identified by names that follow the same rules | |
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86 | as UNIX and DNS host names, for details, see below. Machines are |
87 | instantiated from disk or file system images that frequently — but not | |
88 | necessarily — carry the same name as machines running from | |
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89 | them. Images in this sense are considered:</para> |
90 | ||
91 | <itemizedlist> | |
92 | <listitem><para>Directory trees containing an OS, including its | |
93 | top-level directories <filename>/usr</filename>, | |
94 | <filename>/etc</filename>, and so on.</para></listitem> | |
95 | ||
96 | <listitem><para>btrfs subvolumes containing OS trees, similar to | |
97 | normal directory trees.</para></listitem> | |
98 | ||
99 | <listitem><para>Binary "raw" disk images containing MBR or GPT | |
100 | partition tables and Linux file system partitions.</para></listitem> | |
101 | ||
102 | <listitem><para>The file system tree of the host OS itself.</para></listitem> | |
103 | </itemizedlist> | |
104 | ||
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105 | </refsect1> |
106 | ||
107 | <refsect1> | |
108 | <title>Options</title> | |
109 | ||
110 | <para>The following options are understood:</para> | |
111 | ||
112 | <variablelist> | |
113 | <varlistentry> | |
114 | <term><option>-p</option></term> | |
115 | <term><option>--property=</option></term> | |
116 | ||
117 | <listitem><para>When showing machine or image properties, | |
118 | limit the output to certain properties as specified by the | |
119 | argument. If not specified, all set properties are shown. The | |
120 | argument should be a property name, such as | |
121 | <literal>Name</literal>. If specified more than once, all | |
122 | properties with the specified names are | |
123 | shown.</para></listitem> | |
124 | </varlistentry> | |
125 | ||
126 | <varlistentry> | |
127 | <term><option>-a</option></term> | |
128 | <term><option>--all</option></term> | |
129 | ||
130 | <listitem><para>When showing machine or image properties, show | |
131 | all properties regardless of whether they are set or | |
132 | not.</para> | |
133 | ||
134 | <para>When listing VM or container images, do not suppress | |
135 | images beginning in a dot character | |
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136 | (<literal>.</literal>).</para> |
137 | ||
138 | <para>When cleaning VM or container images, remove all images, not just hidden ones.</para></listitem> | |
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139 | </varlistentry> |
140 | ||
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141 | <varlistentry> |
142 | <term><option>--value</option></term> | |
143 | ||
144 | <listitem><para>When printing properties with <command>show</command>, only print the value, | |
145 | and skip the property name and <literal>=</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
146 | </varlistentry> | |
147 | ||
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148 | <varlistentry> |
149 | <term><option>-l</option></term> | |
150 | <term><option>--full</option></term> | |
151 | ||
152 | <listitem><para>Do not ellipsize process tree entries.</para> | |
153 | </listitem> | |
154 | </varlistentry> | |
155 | ||
156 | <varlistentry> | |
157 | <term><option>--no-ask-password</option></term> | |
158 | ||
159 | <listitem><para>Do not query the user for authentication for | |
160 | privileged operations.</para></listitem> | |
161 | </varlistentry> | |
162 | ||
163 | <varlistentry> | |
164 | <term><option>--kill-who=</option></term> | |
165 | ||
166 | <listitem><para>When used with <command>kill</command>, choose | |
167 | which processes to kill. Must be one of | |
168 | <option>leader</option>, or <option>all</option> to select | |
169 | whether to kill only the leader process of the machine or all | |
170 | processes of the machine. If omitted, defaults to | |
171 | <option>all</option>.</para></listitem> | |
172 | </varlistentry> | |
173 | ||
174 | <varlistentry> | |
175 | <term><option>-s</option></term> | |
176 | <term><option>--signal=</option></term> | |
177 | ||
178 | <listitem><para>When used with <command>kill</command>, choose | |
179 | which signal to send to selected processes. Must be one of the | |
180 | well-known signal specifiers, such as | |
181 | <constant>SIGTERM</constant>, <constant>SIGINT</constant> or | |
182 | <constant>SIGSTOP</constant>. If omitted, defaults to | |
183 | <constant>SIGTERM</constant>.</para></listitem> | |
184 | </varlistentry> | |
185 | ||
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186 | <varlistentry> |
187 | <term><option>--uid=</option></term> | |
188 | ||
189 | <listitem><para>When used with the <command>shell</command> | |
190 | command, chooses the user ID to open the interactive shell | |
191 | session as. If this switch is not specified, defaults to | |
192 | <literal>root</literal>. Note that this switch is not | |
193 | supported for the <command>login</command> command (see | |
194 | below).</para></listitem> | |
195 | </varlistentry> | |
196 | ||
197 | <varlistentry> | |
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198 | <term><option>-E <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option></term> |
199 | <term><option>--setenv=<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option></term> | |
200 | ||
201 | <listitem><para>When used with the <command>shell</command> command, sets an environment | |
202 | variable to pass to the executed shell. Takes an environment variable name and value, | |
203 | separated by <literal>=</literal>. This switch may be used multiple times to set multiple | |
204 | environment variables. Note that this switch is not supported for the | |
205 | <command>login</command> command (see below).</para></listitem> | |
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206 | </varlistentry> |
207 | ||
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208 | <varlistentry> |
209 | <term><option>--mkdir</option></term> | |
210 | ||
b938cb90 | 211 | <listitem><para>When used with <command>bind</command>, creates |
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212 | the destination directory before applying the bind |
213 | mount.</para></listitem> | |
214 | </varlistentry> | |
215 | ||
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216 | <varlistentry> |
217 | <term><option>--read-only</option></term> | |
218 | ||
b938cb90 | 219 | <listitem><para>When used with <command>bind</command>, applies |
d94c2b06 | 220 | a read-only bind mount.</para> |
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222 | <para>When used with <command>clone</command>, <command>import-raw</command> or <command>import-tar</command> a |
223 | read-only container or VM image is created.</para></listitem> | |
224 | </varlistentry> | |
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225 | |
226 | <varlistentry> | |
227 | <term><option>-n</option></term> | |
228 | <term><option>--lines=</option></term> | |
229 | ||
230 | <listitem><para>When used with <command>status</command>, | |
231 | controls the number of journal lines to show, counting from | |
232 | the most recent ones. Takes a positive integer argument. | |
233 | Defaults to 10.</para> | |
234 | </listitem> | |
235 | </varlistentry> | |
236 | ||
237 | <varlistentry> | |
238 | <term><option>-o</option></term> | |
239 | <term><option>--output=</option></term> | |
240 | ||
241 | <listitem><para>When used with <command>status</command>, | |
242 | controls the formatting of the journal entries that are shown. | |
243 | For the available choices, see | |
244 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>journalctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
245 | Defaults to <literal>short</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
246 | </varlistentry> | |
247 | ||
248 | <varlistentry> | |
249 | <term><option>--verify=</option></term> | |
250 | ||
251 | <listitem><para>When downloading a container or VM image, | |
252 | specify whether the image shall be verified before it is made | |
253 | available. Takes one of <literal>no</literal>, | |
254 | <literal>checksum</literal> and <literal>signature</literal>. | |
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255 | If <literal>no</literal>, no verification is done. If |
256 | <literal>checksum</literal> is specified, the download is | |
a8eaaee7 | 257 | checked for integrity after the transfer is complete, but no |
798d3a52 | 258 | signatures are verified. If <literal>signature</literal> is |
7f3fdb7f | 259 | specified, the checksum is verified and the image's signature |
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260 | is checked against a local keyring of trustable vendors. It is |
261 | strongly recommended to set this option to | |
262 | <literal>signature</literal> if the server and protocol | |
263 | support this. Defaults to | |
264 | <literal>signature</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
265 | </varlistentry> | |
266 | ||
267 | <varlistentry> | |
268 | <term><option>--force</option></term> | |
269 | ||
270 | <listitem><para>When downloading a container or VM image, and | |
271 | a local copy by the specified local machine name already | |
272 | exists, delete it first and replace it by the newly downloaded | |
273 | image.</para></listitem> | |
274 | </varlistentry> | |
275 | ||
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276 | <varlistentry> |
277 | <term><option>--format=</option></term> | |
278 | ||
279 | <listitem><para>When used with the <option>export-tar</option> | |
b938cb90 | 280 | or <option>export-raw</option> commands, specifies the |
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281 | compression format to use for the resulting file. Takes one of |
282 | <literal>uncompressed</literal>, <literal>xz</literal>, | |
b938cb90 | 283 | <literal>gzip</literal>, <literal>bzip2</literal>. By default, |
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284 | the format is determined automatically from the image file |
285 | name passed.</para></listitem> | |
286 | </varlistentry> | |
287 | ||
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288 | <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" /> |
289 | <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" /> | |
290 | ||
291 | <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" /> | |
292 | <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" /> | |
293 | <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="help" /> | |
294 | <xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="version" /> | |
295 | </variablelist> | |
296 | </refsect1> | |
297 | ||
298 | <refsect1> | |
299 | <title>Commands</title> | |
300 | ||
301 | <para>The following commands are understood:</para> | |
302 | ||
303 | <refsect2><title>Machine Commands</title><variablelist> | |
304 | ||
305 | <varlistentry> | |
306 | <term><command>list</command></term> | |
307 | ||
308 | <listitem><para>List currently running (online) virtual | |
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309 | machines and containers. To enumerate machine images that can |
310 | be started, use <command>list-images</command> (see | |
311 | below). Note that this command hides the special | |
312 | <literal>.host</literal> machine by default. Use the | |
313 | <option>--all</option> switch to show it.</para></listitem> | |
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314 | </varlistentry> |
315 | ||
316 | <varlistentry> | |
317 | <term><command>status</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term> | |
318 | ||
28f90ea2 | 319 | <listitem><para>Show runtime status information about |
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320 | one or more virtual machines and containers, followed by the |
321 | most recent log data from the journal. This function is | |
322 | intended to generate human-readable output. If you are looking | |
323 | for computer-parsable output, use <command>show</command> | |
324 | instead. Note that the log data shown is reported by the | |
325 | virtual machine or container manager, and frequently contains | |
326 | console output of the machine, but not necessarily journal | |
327 | contents of the machine itself.</para></listitem> | |
328 | </varlistentry> | |
329 | ||
330 | <varlistentry> | |
91913f58 | 331 | <term><command>show</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...]</term> |
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332 | |
333 | <listitem><para>Show properties of one or more registered | |
334 | virtual machines or containers or the manager itself. If no | |
335 | argument is specified, properties of the manager will be | |
037a3ded | 336 | shown. If a NAME is specified, properties of this virtual |
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337 | machine or container are shown. By default, empty properties |
338 | are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show those too. | |
339 | To select specific properties to show, use | |
340 | <option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be | |
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341 | used whenever computer-parsable output is required, and does |
342 | not print the cgroup tree or journal entries. Use | |
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343 | <command>status</command> if you are looking for formatted |
344 | human-readable output.</para></listitem> | |
345 | </varlistentry> | |
346 | ||
347 | <varlistentry> | |
348 | <term><command>start</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term> | |
349 | ||
350 | <listitem><para>Start a container as a system service, using | |
351 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
352 | This starts <filename>systemd-nspawn@.service</filename>, | |
353 | instantiated for the specified machine name, similar to the | |
354 | effect of <command>systemctl start</command> on the service | |
355 | name. <command>systemd-nspawn</command> looks for a container | |
356 | image by the specified name in | |
357 | <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> (and other search | |
358 | paths, see below) and runs it. Use | |
b938cb90 | 359 | <command>list-images</command> (see below) for listing |
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360 | available container images to start.</para> |
361 | ||
362 | <para>Note that | |
363 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
364 | also interfaces with a variety of other container and VM | |
365 | managers, <command>systemd-nspawn</command> is just one | |
366 | implementation of it. Most of the commands available in | |
367 | <command>machinectl</command> may be used on containers or VMs | |
368 | controlled by other managers, not just | |
369 | <command>systemd-nspawn</command>. Starting VMs and container | |
370 | images on those managers requires manager-specific | |
371 | tools.</para> | |
372 | ||
373 | <para>To interactively start a container on the command line | |
374 | with full access to the container's console, please invoke | |
375 | <command>systemd-nspawn</command> directly. To stop a running | |
b2bb19bb | 376 | container use <command>machinectl poweroff</command>.</para></listitem> |
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377 | </varlistentry> |
378 | ||
379 | <varlistentry> | |
91913f58 | 380 | <term><command>login</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term> |
798d3a52 | 381 | |
c454426c | 382 | <listitem><para>Open an interactive terminal login session in |
b938cb90 | 383 | a container or on the local host. If an argument is supplied, |
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384 | it refers to the container machine to connect to. If none is |
385 | specified, or the container name is specified as the empty | |
386 | string, or the special machine name <literal>.host</literal> | |
387 | (see below) is specified, the connection is made to the local | |
388 | host instead. This will create a TTY connection to a specific | |
389 | container or the local host and asks for the execution of a | |
390 | getty on it. Note that this is only supported for containers | |
391 | running | |
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392 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
393 | as init system.</para> | |
394 | ||
395 | <para>This command will open a full login prompt on the | |
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396 | container or the local host, which then asks for username and |
397 | password. Use <command>shell</command> (see below) or | |
798d3a52 | 398 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
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399 | with the <option>--machine=</option> switch to directly invoke |
400 | a single command, either interactively or in the | |
401 | background.</para></listitem> | |
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402 | </varlistentry> |
403 | ||
c454426c | 404 | <varlistentry> |
ef3100e9 | 405 | <term><command>shell</command> [[<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>@]<replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable>...]]] </term> |
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406 | |
407 | <listitem><para>Open an interactive shell session in a | |
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408 | container or on the local host. The first argument refers to |
409 | the container machine to connect to. If none is specified, or | |
410 | the machine name is specified as the empty string, or the | |
411 | special machine name <literal>.host</literal> (see below) is | |
412 | specified, the connection is made to the local host | |
413 | instead. This works similar to <command>login</command> but | |
414 | immediately invokes a user process. This command runs the | |
415 | specified executable with the specified arguments, or | |
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417 | opens a <literal>root</literal> shell, but by using |
418 | <option>--uid=</option>, or by prefixing the machine name with | |
419 | a username and an <literal>@</literal> character, a different | |
420 | user may be selected. Use <option>--setenv=</option> to set | |
421 | environment variables for the executed process.</para> | |
422 | ||
423 | <para>When using the <command>shell</command> command without | |
b938cb90 | 424 | arguments, (thus invoking the executed shell or command on the |
a8eaaee7 | 425 | local host), it is in many ways similar to a <citerefentry |
ef3100e9 | 426 | project='die-net'><refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
b938cb90 | 427 | session, but, unlike <command>su</command>, completely isolates |
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428 | the new session from the originating session, so that it |
429 | shares no process or session properties, and is in a clean and | |
430 | well-defined state. It will be tracked in a new utmp, login, | |
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431 | audit, security and keyring session, and will not inherit any |
432 | environment variables or resource limits, among other | |
433 | properties.</para> | |
ef3100e9 | 434 | |
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436 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
437 | may be used in place of the <command>shell</command> command, | |
438 | and allows more detailed, low-level configuration of the | |
439 | invoked unit. However, it is frequently more privileged than | |
440 | the <command>shell</command> command.</para></listitem> | |
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441 | </varlistentry> |
442 | ||
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443 | <varlistentry> |
444 | <term><command>enable</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term> | |
445 | <term><command>disable</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term> | |
446 | ||
447 | <listitem><para>Enable or disable a container as a system | |
448 | service to start at system boot, using | |
449 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>. | |
450 | This enables or disables | |
451 | <filename>systemd-nspawn@.service</filename>, instantiated for | |
452 | the specified machine name, similar to the effect of | |
453 | <command>systemctl enable</command> or <command>systemctl | |
454 | disable</command> on the service name.</para></listitem> | |
455 | </varlistentry> | |
456 | ||
457 | <varlistentry> | |
458 | <term><command>poweroff</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term> | |
459 | ||
460 | <listitem><para>Power off one or more containers. This will | |
461 | trigger a reboot by sending SIGRTMIN+4 to the container's init | |
462 | process, which causes systemd-compatible init systems to shut | |
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463 | down cleanly. Use <command>stop</command> as alias for <command>poweroff</command>. |
464 | This operation does not work on containers that do not run a | |
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465 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>-compatible |
466 | init system, such as sysvinit. Use | |
467 | <command>terminate</command> (see below) to immediately | |
468 | terminate a container or VM, without cleanly shutting it | |
469 | down.</para></listitem> | |
470 | </varlistentry> | |
471 | ||
472 | <varlistentry> | |
473 | <term><command>reboot</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term> | |
474 | ||
475 | <listitem><para>Reboot one or more containers. This will | |
476 | trigger a reboot by sending SIGINT to the container's init | |
477 | process, which is roughly equivalent to pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del | |
478 | on a non-containerized system, and is compatible with | |
479 | containers running any system manager.</para></listitem> | |
480 | </varlistentry> | |
481 | ||
482 | <varlistentry> | |
483 | <term><command>terminate</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term> | |
484 | ||
485 | <listitem><para>Immediately terminates a virtual machine or | |
486 | container, without cleanly shutting it down. This kills all | |
487 | processes of the virtual machine or container and deallocates | |
488 | all resources attached to that instance. Use | |
489 | <command>poweroff</command> to issue a clean shutdown | |
490 | request.</para></listitem> | |
491 | </varlistentry> | |
492 | ||
493 | <varlistentry> | |
494 | <term><command>kill</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term> | |
495 | ||
496 | <listitem><para>Send a signal to one or more processes of the | |
497 | virtual machine or container. This means processes as seen by | |
498 | the host, not the processes inside the virtual machine or | |
499 | container. Use <option>--kill-who=</option> to select which | |
500 | process to kill. Use <option>--signal=</option> to select the | |
501 | signal to send.</para></listitem> | |
502 | </varlistentry> | |
503 | ||
504 | <varlistentry> | |
505 | <term><command>bind</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term> | |
506 | ||
507 | <listitem><para>Bind mounts a directory from the host into the | |
508 | specified container. The first directory argument is the | |
509 | source directory on the host, the second directory argument | |
cb7bb815 | 510 | is the destination directory in the container. When the |
b938cb90 | 511 | latter is omitted, the destination path in the container is |
cb7bb815 | 512 | the same as the source path on the host. When combined with |
b938cb90 | 513 | the <option>--read-only</option> switch, a ready-only bind |
cb7bb815 | 514 | mount is created. When combined with the |
b938cb90 | 515 | <option>--mkdir</option> switch, the destination path is first |
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516 | created before the mount is applied. Note that this option is |
517 | currently only supported for | |
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518 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
519 | containers.</para></listitem> | |
520 | </varlistentry> | |
521 | ||
522 | <varlistentry> | |
523 | <term><command>copy-to</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term> | |
524 | ||
525 | <listitem><para>Copies files or directories from the host | |
526 | system into a running container. Takes a container name, | |
527 | followed by the source path on the host and the destination | |
b938cb90 | 528 | path in the container. If the destination path is omitted, the |
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529 | same as the source path is used.</para></listitem> |
530 | </varlistentry> | |
531 | ||
532 | ||
533 | <varlistentry> | |
534 | <term><command>copy-from</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term> | |
535 | ||
536 | <listitem><para>Copies files or directories from a container | |
537 | into the host system. Takes a container name, followed by the | |
538 | source path in the container the destination path on the host. | |
b938cb90 | 539 | If the destination path is omitted, the same as the source path |
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540 | is used.</para></listitem> |
541 | </varlistentry> | |
542 | </variablelist></refsect2> | |
543 | ||
544 | <refsect2><title>Image Commands</title><variablelist> | |
545 | ||
546 | <varlistentry> | |
547 | <term><command>list-images</command></term> | |
548 | ||
549 | <listitem><para>Show a list of locally installed container and | |
550 | VM images. This enumerates all raw disk images and container | |
551 | directories and subvolumes in | |
552 | <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> (and other search | |
553 | paths, see below). Use <command>start</command> (see above) to | |
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554 | run a container off one of the listed images. Note that, by |
555 | default, containers whose name begins with a dot | |
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556 | (<literal>.</literal>) are not shown. To show these too, |
557 | specify <option>--all</option>. Note that a special image | |
558 | <literal>.host</literal> always implicitly exists and refers | |
559 | to the image the host itself is booted from.</para></listitem> | |
560 | </varlistentry> | |
561 | ||
562 | <varlistentry> | |
91913f58 | 563 | <term><command>image-status</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...]</term> |
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564 | |
565 | <listitem><para>Show terse status information about one or | |
566 | more container or VM images. This function is intended to | |
567 | generate human-readable output. Use | |
568 | <command>show-image</command> (see below) to generate | |
569 | computer-parsable output instead.</para></listitem> | |
570 | </varlistentry> | |
571 | ||
572 | <varlistentry> | |
91913f58 | 573 | <term><command>show-image</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...]</term> |
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574 | |
575 | <listitem><para>Show properties of one or more registered | |
576 | virtual machine or container images, or the manager itself. If | |
577 | no argument is specified, properties of the manager will be | |
037a3ded | 578 | shown. If a NAME is specified, properties of this virtual |
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579 | machine or container image are shown. By default, empty |
580 | properties are suppressed. Use <option>--all</option> to show | |
581 | those too. To select specific properties to show, use | |
582 | <option>--property=</option>. This command is intended to be | |
583 | used whenever computer-parsable output is required. Use | |
584 | <command>image-status</command> if you are looking for | |
585 | formatted human-readable output.</para></listitem> | |
586 | </varlistentry> | |
587 | ||
588 | <varlistentry> | |
589 | <term><command>clone</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term> | |
590 | ||
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591 | <listitem><para>Clones a container or VM image. The arguments specify the name of the image to clone and the |
592 | name of the newly cloned image. Note that plain directory container images are cloned into btrfs subvolume | |
593 | images with this command, if the underlying file system supports this. Note that cloning a container or VM | |
594 | image is optimized for btrfs file systems, and might not be efficient on others, due to file system | |
595 | limitations.</para> | |
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596 | |
597 | <para>Note that this command leaves host name, machine ID and | |
598 | all other settings that could identify the instance | |
599 | unmodified. The original image and the cloned copy will hence | |
600 | share these credentials, and it might be necessary to manually | |
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601 | change them in the copy.</para> |
602 | ||
603 | <para>If combined with the <option>--read-only</option> switch a read-only cloned image is | |
604 | created.</para></listitem> | |
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605 | </varlistentry> |
606 | ||
607 | <varlistentry> | |
608 | <term><command>rename</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable></term> | |
609 | ||
d6ce17c7 | 610 | <listitem><para>Renames a container or VM image. The |
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611 | arguments specify the name of the image to rename and the new |
612 | name of the image.</para></listitem> | |
613 | </varlistentry> | |
614 | ||
615 | <varlistentry> | |
616 | <term><command>read-only</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>BOOL</replaceable>]</term> | |
617 | ||
d6ce17c7 | 618 | <listitem><para>Marks or (unmarks) a container or VM image |
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619 | read-only. Takes a VM or container image name, followed by a |
620 | boolean as arguments. If the boolean is omitted, positive is | |
621 | implied, i.e. the image is marked read-only.</para></listitem> | |
622 | </varlistentry> | |
623 | ||
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624 | <varlistentry> |
625 | <term><command>remove</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term> | |
626 | ||
d6ce17c7 | 627 | <listitem><para>Removes one or more container or VM images. |
798d3a52 | 628 | The special image <literal>.host</literal>, which refers to |
b938cb90 | 629 | the host's own directory tree, may not be |
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630 | removed.</para></listitem> |
631 | </varlistentry> | |
632 | ||
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633 | <varlistentry> |
634 | <term><command>set-limit</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>] <replaceable>BYTES</replaceable></term> | |
635 | ||
a8eaaee7 | 636 | <listitem><para>Sets the maximum size in bytes that a specific |
b938cb90 | 637 | container or VM image, or all images, may grow up to on disk |
7de30452 | 638 | (disk quota). Takes either one or two parameters. The first, |
d6ce17c7 | 639 | optional parameter refers to a container or VM image name. If |
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640 | specified, the size limit of the specified image is changed. If |
641 | omitted, the overall size limit of the sum of all images stored | |
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642 | locally is changed. The final argument specifies the size |
643 | limit in bytes, possibly suffixed by the usual K, M, G, T | |
644 | units. If the size limit shall be disabled, specify | |
645 | <literal>-</literal> as size.</para> | |
646 | ||
647 | <para>Note that per-container size limits are only supported | |
b938cb90 | 648 | on btrfs file systems. Also note that, if |
a8eaaee7 | 649 | <command>set-limit</command> is invoked without an image |
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650 | parameter, and <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename> is |
651 | empty, and the directory is not located on btrfs, a btrfs | |
652 | loopback file is implicitly created as | |
653 | <filename>/var/lib/machines.raw</filename> with the given | |
654 | size, and mounted to | |
655 | <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>. The size of the | |
656 | loopback may later be readjusted with | |
657 | <command>set-limit</command>, as well. If such a | |
658 | loopback-mounted <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename> | |
a8eaaee7 | 659 | directory is used, <command>set-limit</command> without an image |
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660 | name alters both the quota setting within the file system as |
661 | well as the loopback file and file system size | |
662 | itself.</para></listitem> | |
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663 | </varlistentry> |
664 | ||
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665 | <varlistentry> |
666 | <term><command>clean</command></term> | |
667 | ||
668 | <listitem><para>Remove hidden VM or container images (or all). This command removes all hidden machine images | |
669 | from <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>, i.e. those whose name begins with a dot. Use <command>machinectl | |
670 | list-images --all</command> to see a list of all machine images, including the hidden ones.</para> | |
671 | ||
672 | <para>When combined with the <option>--all</option> switch removes all images, not just hidden ones. This | |
673 | command effectively empties <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>.</para> | |
674 | ||
675 | <para>Note that commands such as <command>machinectl pull-tar</command> or <command>machinectl | |
676 | pull-raw</command> usually create hidden, read-only, unmodified machine images from the downloaded image first, | |
677 | before cloning a writable working copy of it, in order to avoid duplicate downloads in case of images that are | |
678 | reused multiple times. Use <command>machinectl clean</command> to remove old, hidden images created this | |
679 | way.</para></listitem> | |
680 | </varlistentry> | |
681 | ||
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682 | </variablelist></refsect2> |
683 | ||
684 | <refsect2><title>Image Transfer Commands</title><variablelist> | |
685 | ||
686 | <varlistentry> | |
687 | <term><command>pull-tar</command> <replaceable>URL</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term> | |
688 | ||
689 | <listitem><para>Downloads a <filename>.tar</filename> | |
690 | container image from the specified URL, and makes it available | |
691 | under the specified local machine name. The URL must be of | |
692 | type <literal>http://</literal> or | |
693 | <literal>https://</literal>, and must refer to a | |
694 | <filename>.tar</filename>, <filename>.tar.gz</filename>, | |
695 | <filename>.tar.xz</filename> or <filename>.tar.bz2</filename> | |
b938cb90 | 696 | archive file. If the local machine name is omitted, it |
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697 | is automatically derived from the last component of the URL, |
698 | with its suffix removed.</para> | |
699 | ||
700 | <para>The image is verified before it is made available, | |
701 | unless <option>--verify=no</option> is specified. Verification | |
b938cb90 | 702 | is done via SHA256SUMS and SHA256SUMS.gpg files that need to |
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703 | be made available on the same web server, under the same URL |
704 | as the <filename>.tar</filename> file, but with the last | |
705 | component (the filename) of the URL replaced. With | |
b938cb90 | 706 | <option>--verify=checksum</option>, only the SHA256 checksum |
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707 | for the file is verified, based on the |
708 | <filename>SHA256SUMS</filename> file. With | |
b938cb90 | 709 | <option>--verify=signature</option>, the SHA256SUMS file is |
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710 | first verified with detached GPG signature file |
711 | <filename>SHA256SUMS.gpg</filename>. The public key for this | |
712 | verification step needs to be available in | |
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713 | <filename>/usr/lib/systemd/import-pubring.gpg</filename> or |
714 | <filename>/etc/systemd/import-pubring.gpg</filename>.</para> | |
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715 | |
716 | <para>The container image will be downloaded and stored in a | |
717 | read-only subvolume in | |
b938cb90 | 718 | <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> that is named after |
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719 | the specified URL and its HTTP etag. A writable snapshot is |
720 | then taken from this subvolume, and named after the specified | |
dd2b607b | 721 | local name. This behavior ensures that creating multiple |
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722 | container instances of the same URL is efficient, as multiple |
723 | downloads are not necessary. In order to create only the | |
724 | read-only image, and avoid creating its writable snapshot, | |
725 | specify <literal>-</literal> as local machine name.</para> | |
726 | ||
727 | <para>Note that the read-only subvolume is prefixed with | |
6b94875f | 728 | <filename>.tar-</filename>, and is thus not shown by |
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729 | <command>list-images</command>, unless <option>--all</option> |
730 | is passed.</para> | |
731 | ||
732 | <para>Note that pressing C-c during execution of this command | |
733 | will not abort the download. Use | |
734 | <command>cancel-transfer</command>, described | |
735 | below.</para></listitem> | |
736 | </varlistentry> | |
737 | ||
738 | <varlistentry> | |
739 | <term><command>pull-raw</command> <replaceable>URL</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term> | |
740 | ||
741 | <listitem><para>Downloads a <filename>.raw</filename> | |
742 | container or VM disk image from the specified URL, and makes | |
743 | it available under the specified local machine name. The URL | |
744 | must be of type <literal>http://</literal> or | |
745 | <literal>https://</literal>. The container image must either | |
746 | be a <filename>.qcow2</filename> or raw disk image, optionally | |
747 | compressed as <filename>.gz</filename>, | |
748 | <filename>.xz</filename>, or <filename>.bz2</filename>. If the | |
b938cb90 | 749 | local machine name is omitted, it is automatically |
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750 | derived from the last component of the URL, with its suffix |
751 | removed.</para> | |
752 | ||
753 | <para>Image verification is identical for raw and tar images | |
754 | (see above).</para> | |
755 | ||
1d3eaa93 | 756 | <para>If the downloaded image is in |
6b94875f | 757 | <filename>.qcow2</filename> format it is converted into a raw |
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758 | image file before it is made available.</para> |
759 | ||
760 | <para>Downloaded images of this type will be placed as | |
761 | read-only <filename>.raw</filename> file in | |
762 | <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. A local, writable | |
763 | (reflinked) copy is then made under the specified local | |
764 | machine name. To omit creation of the local, writable copy | |
765 | pass <literal>-</literal> as local machine name.</para> | |
766 | ||
dd2b607b | 767 | <para>Similar to the behavior of <command>pull-tar</command>, |
798d3a52 | 768 | the read-only image is prefixed with |
6b94875f | 769 | <filename>.raw-</filename>, and thus not shown by |
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770 | <command>list-images</command>, unless <option>--all</option> |
771 | is passed.</para> | |
772 | ||
773 | <para>Note that pressing C-c during execution of this command | |
774 | will not abort the download. Use | |
775 | <command>cancel-transfer</command>, described | |
776 | below.</para></listitem> | |
777 | </varlistentry> | |
778 | ||
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779 | <varlistentry> |
780 | <term><command>import-tar</command> <replaceable>FILE</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term> | |
781 | <term><command>import-raw</command> <replaceable>FILE</replaceable> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>]</term> | |
782 | <listitem><para>Imports a TAR or RAW container or VM image, | |
783 | and places it under the specified name in | |
784 | <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>. When | |
b938cb90 | 785 | <command>import-tar</command> is used, the file specified as |
a8eaaee7 | 786 | the first argument should be a tar archive, possibly compressed |
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787 | with xz, gzip or bzip2. It will then be unpacked into its own |
788 | subvolume in <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>. When | |
b938cb90 | 789 | <command>import-raw</command> is used, the file should be a |
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790 | qcow2 or raw disk image, possibly compressed with xz, gzip or |
791 | bzip2. If the second argument (the resulting image name) is | |
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792 | not specified, it is automatically derived from the file |
793 | name. If the file name is passed as <literal>-</literal>, the | |
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794 | image is read from standard input, in which case the second |
795 | argument is mandatory.</para> | |
796 | ||
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797 | <para>Both <command>pull-tar</command> and <command>pull-raw</command> |
798 | will resize <filename>/var/lib/machines.raw</filename> and the | |
799 | filesystem therein as necessary. Optionally, the | |
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800 | <option>--read-only</option> switch may be used to create a |
801 | read-only container or VM image. No cryptographic validation | |
802 | is done when importing the images.</para> | |
803 | ||
804 | <para>Much like image downloads, ongoing imports may be listed | |
805 | with <command>list-transfers</command> and aborted with | |
806 | <command>cancel-transfer</command>.</para></listitem> | |
807 | </varlistentry> | |
808 | ||
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809 | <varlistentry> |
810 | <term><command>export-tar</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>FILE</replaceable>]</term> | |
811 | <term><command>export-raw</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>FILE</replaceable>]</term> | |
812 | <listitem><para>Exports a TAR or RAW container or VM image and | |
813 | stores it in the specified file. The first parameter should be | |
814 | a VM or container image name. The second parameter should be a | |
815 | file path the TAR or RAW image is written to. If the path ends | |
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816 | in <literal>.gz</literal>, the file is compressed with gzip, if |
817 | it ends in <literal>.xz</literal>, with xz, and if it ends in | |
818 | <literal>.bz2</literal>, with bzip2. If the path ends in | |
819 | neither, the file is left uncompressed. If the second argument | |
820 | is missing, the image is written to standard output. The | |
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821 | compression may also be explicitly selected with the |
822 | <option>--format=</option> switch. This is in particular | |
823 | useful if the second parameter is left unspecified.</para> | |
824 | ||
825 | <para>Much like image downloads and imports, ongoing exports | |
826 | may be listed with <command>list-transfers</command> and | |
827 | aborted with | |
828 | <command>cancel-transfer</command>.</para> | |
829 | ||
b938cb90 | 830 | <para>Note that, currently, only directory and subvolume images |
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831 | may be exported as TAR images, and only raw disk images as RAW |
832 | images.</para></listitem> | |
833 | </varlistentry> | |
834 | ||
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835 | <varlistentry> |
836 | <term><command>list-transfers</command></term> | |
837 | ||
838 | <listitem><para>Shows a list of container or VM image | |
6e9efa59 | 839 | downloads, imports and exports that are currently in |
af40e5d3 | 840 | progress.</para></listitem> |
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841 | </varlistentry> |
842 | ||
843 | <varlistentry> | |
844 | <term><command>cancel-transfers</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term> | |
845 | ||
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846 | <listitem><para>Aborts a download, import or export of the |
847 | container or VM image with the specified ID. To list ongoing | |
848 | transfers and their IDs, use | |
af40e5d3 | 849 | <command>list-transfers</command>. </para></listitem> |
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850 | </varlistentry> |
851 | ||
852 | </variablelist></refsect2> | |
853 | ||
854 | </refsect1> | |
855 | ||
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856 | <refsect1> |
857 | <title>Machine and Image Names</title> | |
858 | ||
859 | <para>The <command>machinectl</command> tool operates on machines | |
b938cb90 | 860 | and images whose names must be chosen following strict |
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861 | rules. Machine names must be suitable for use as host names |
862 | following a conservative subset of DNS and UNIX/Linux | |
863 | semantics. Specifically, they must consist of one or more | |
864 | non-empty label strings, separated by dots. No leading or trailing | |
865 | dots are allowed. No sequences of multiple dots are allowed. The | |
a8eaaee7 | 866 | label strings may only consist of alphanumeric characters as well |
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867 | as the dash and underscore. The maximum length of a machine name |
868 | is 64 characters.</para> | |
869 | ||
870 | <para>A special machine with the name <literal>.host</literal> | |
871 | refers to the running host system itself. This is useful for execution | |
a8eaaee7 | 872 | operations or inspecting the host system as well. Note that |
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873 | <command>machinectl list</command> will not show this special |
874 | machine unless the <option>--all</option> switch is specified.</para> | |
875 | ||
a8eaaee7 | 876 | <para>Requirements on image names are less strict, however, they must be |
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877 | valid UTF-8, must be suitable as file names (hence not be the |
878 | single or double dot, and not include a slash), and may not | |
879 | contain control characters. Since many operations search for an | |
b938cb90 | 880 | image by the name of a requested machine, it is recommended to name |
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881 | images in the same strict fashion as machines.</para> |
882 | ||
883 | <para>A special image with the name <literal>.host</literal> | |
a8eaaee7 | 884 | refers to the image of the running host system. It hence |
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885 | conceptually maps to the special <literal>.host</literal> machine |
886 | name described above. Note that <command>machinectl | |
7ca41557 | 887 | list-images</command> will not show this special image either, unless |
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888 | <option>--all</option> is specified.</para> |
889 | </refsect1> | |
890 | ||
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891 | <refsect1> |
892 | <title>Files and Directories</title> | |
893 | ||
894 | <para>Machine images are preferably stored in | |
895 | <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename>, but are also searched for | |
896 | in <filename>/usr/local/lib/machines/</filename> and | |
b938cb90 | 897 | <filename>/usr/lib/machines/</filename>. For compatibility reasons, |
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898 | the directory <filename>/var/lib/container/</filename> is |
899 | searched, too. Note that images stored below | |
900 | <filename>/usr</filename> are always considered read-only. It is | |
901 | possible to symlink machines images from other directories into | |
902 | <filename>/var/lib/machines/</filename> to make them available for | |
903 | control with <command>machinectl</command>.</para> | |
904 | ||
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905 | <para>Note that many image operations are only supported, |
906 | efficient or atomic on btrfs file systems. Due to this, if the | |
907 | <command>pull-tar</command>, <command>pull-raw</command>, | |
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908 | <command>import-tar</command>, <command>import-raw</command> and |
909 | <command>set-limit</command> commands notice that | |
910 | <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename> is empty and not located on | |
911 | btrfs, they will implicitly set up a loopback file | |
912 | <filename>/var/lib/machines.raw</filename> containing a btrfs file | |
913 | system that is mounted to | |
7de30452 | 914 | <filename>/var/lib/machines</filename>. The size of this loopback |
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915 | file may be controlled dynamically with |
916 | <command>set-limit</command>.</para> | |
7de30452 | 917 | |
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918 | <para>Disk images are understood by |
919 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
920 | and <command>machinectl</command> in three formats:</para> | |
921 | ||
922 | <itemizedlist> | |
923 | <listitem><para>A simple directory tree, containing the files | |
924 | and directories of the container to boot.</para></listitem> | |
925 | ||
a8eaaee7 | 926 | <listitem><para>Subvolumes (on btrfs file systems), which are |
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927 | similar to the simple directories, described above. However, |
928 | they have additional benefits, such as efficient cloning and | |
929 | quota reporting.</para></listitem> | |
930 | ||
931 | <listitem><para>"Raw" disk images, i.e. binary images of disks | |
932 | with a GPT or MBR partition table. Images of this type are | |
933 | regular files with the suffix | |
934 | <literal>.raw</literal>.</para></listitem> | |
935 | </itemizedlist> | |
936 | ||
937 | <para>See | |
938 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
a8eaaee7 | 939 | for more information on image formats, in particular its |
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940 | <option>--directory=</option> and <option>--image=</option> |
941 | options.</para> | |
942 | </refsect1> | |
943 | ||
944 | <refsect1> | |
945 | <title>Examples</title> | |
946 | <example> | |
947 | <title>Download an Ubuntu image and open a shell in it</title> | |
948 | ||
949 | <programlisting># machinectl pull-tar https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz | |
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950 | # systemd-nspawn -M trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-root</programlisting> |
951 | ||
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952 | <para>This downloads and verifies the specified |
953 | <filename>.tar</filename> image, and then uses | |
954 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
955 | to open a shell in it.</para> | |
956 | </example> | |
957 | ||
958 | <example> | |
959 | <title>Download a Fedora image, set a root password in it, start | |
960 | it as service</title> | |
961 | ||
1328bd9c | 962 | <programlisting># machinectl pull-raw --verify=no https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/23/Cloud/x86_64/Images/Fedora-Cloud-Base-23-20151030.x86_64.raw.xz |
f479d3ba | 963 | # systemd-nspawn -M Fedora-Cloud-Base-23-20151030 |
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964 | # passwd |
965 | # exit | |
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966 | # machinectl start Fedora-Cloud-Base-23-20151030 |
967 | # machinectl login Fedora-Cloud-Base-23-20151030</programlisting> | |
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968 | |
969 | <para>This downloads the specified <filename>.raw</filename> | |
b938cb90 | 970 | image with verification disabled. Then, a shell is opened in it |
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971 | and a root password is set. Afterwards the shell is left, and |
972 | the machine started as system service. With the last command a | |
973 | login prompt into the container is requested.</para> | |
974 | </example> | |
975 | ||
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976 | <example> |
977 | <title>Exports a container image as tar file</title> | |
978 | ||
979 | <programlisting># machinectl export-tar fedora myfedora.tar.xz</programlisting> | |
980 | ||
a8eaaee7 JE |
981 | <para>Exports the container <literal>fedora</literal> as an |
982 | xz-compressed tar file <filename>myfedora.tar.xz</filename> into the | |
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983 | current directory.</para> |
984 | </example> | |
985 | ||
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986 | <example> |
987 | <title>Create a new shell session</title> | |
988 | ||
989 | <programlisting># machinectl shell --uid=lennart</programlisting> | |
990 | ||
b938cb90 | 991 | <para>This creates a new shell session on the local host for |
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992 | the user ID <literal>lennart</literal>, in a <citerefentry |
993 | project='die-net'><refentrytitle>su</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>-like | |
994 | fashion.</para> | |
995 | </example> | |
996 | ||
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997 | </refsect1> |
998 | ||
999 | <refsect1> | |
1000 | <title>Exit status</title> | |
1001 | ||
1002 | <para>On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code | |
1003 | otherwise.</para> | |
1004 | </refsect1> | |
1005 | ||
1006 | <xi:include href="less-variables.xml" /> | |
1007 | ||
1008 | <refsect1> | |
1009 | <title>See Also</title> | |
1010 | <para> | |
1011 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
1012 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-nspawn</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
6e9efa59 | 1013 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.special</refentrytitle><manvolnum>7</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
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1014 | <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>tar</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
1015 | <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>xz</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
1016 | <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>gzip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, | |
1017 | <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>bzip2</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> | |
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1018 | </para> |
1019 | </refsect1> | |
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1020 | |
1021 | </refentry> |