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OS kernel with the host OS, in order to run
OS userspace instances on top the host OS.</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>The host system itself</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>The host system itself.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Machines are identified by names that follow the same rules
- as UNIX and DNS host names, for details, see below. Machines are
- instantiated from disk or file system images that frequently — but not
- necessarily — carry the same name as machines running from
- them. Images in this sense are considered:</para>
+ as UNIX and DNS host names. For details, see below.</para>
+
+ <para>Machines are instantiated from disk or file system images that
+ frequently — but not necessarily — carry the same name as machines running
+ from them. Images in this sense may be:</para>
<itemizedlist>
- <listitem><para>Directory trees containing an OS, including its
+ <listitem><para>Directory trees containing an OS, including the
top-level directories <filename>/usr</filename>,
<filename>/etc</filename>, and so on.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>When used with the <command>shell</command> command, chooses the user ID to
open the interactive shell session as. If the argument to the <command>shell</command>
- command also specifies an user name, this option is ignored. If the name is not specified
+ command also specifies a user name, this option is ignored. If the name is not specified
in either way, <literal>root</literal> will be used by default. Note that this switch is
not supported for the <command>login</command> command (see below).</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>
+ <listitem><para>When used with <command>bind</command>, creates the destination file or directory before
+ applying the bind mount. Note that even though the name of this option suggests that it is suitable only for
+ directories, this option also creates the destination file node to mount over if the the object to mount is not
+ a directory, but a regular file, device node, socket or FIFO.</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><para>When used with <command>bind</command>, creates a read-only bind mount.</para>
<para>When used with <command>clone</command>, <command>import-raw</command> or <command>import-tar</command> a
read-only container or VM image is created.</para></listitem>
Defaults to 1. All addresses can be requested with <literal>all</literal>
as argument to <option>--max-addresses</option> . If the argument to
<option>--max-addresses</option> is less than the actual number
- of addresses,<literal>...</literal>follows the last address.
+ of addresses, <literal>...</literal>follows the last address.
If multiple addresses are to be written for a given machine, every
address except the first one is on a new line and is followed by
<literal>,</literal> if another address will be output afterwards. </para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-q</option></term>
+ <term><option>--quiet</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Suppresses additional informational output while running.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
- <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="machine" />
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-M</option></term>
+ <term><option>--machine=</option></term>
+
+ <listitem><para>Connect to
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-machined.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ running in a local container, to perform the specified operation within
+ the container.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-pager" />
<xi:include href="standard-options.xml" xpointer="no-legend" />
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>status</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+ <term><command>status</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>…</term>
<listitem><para>Show runtime status information about
one or more virtual machines and containers, followed by the
</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 a 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, and does
- not print the cgroup tree or journal entries. Use
- <command>status</command> if you are looking for formatted
- human-readable output.</para></listitem>
+ <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 a 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, and does not print the control group tree or journal entries. 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>
+ <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>.
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>shell</command> [[<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>@]<replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable>...]]] </term>
+ <term><command>shell</command> [[<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>@]<replaceable>NAME</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>ARGUMENTS</replaceable>…]]] </term>
<listitem><para>Open an interactive shell session in a
container or on the local host. The first argument refers to
user may be selected. Use <option>--setenv=</option> to set
environment variables for the executed process.</para>
+ <para>Note that <command>machinectl shell</command> does not propagate the exit code/status of the invoked
+ shell process. Use <command>systemd-run</command> instead if that information is required (see below).</para>
+
<para>When using the <command>shell</command> command without
arguments, (thus invoking the executed shell or command on the
local host), it is in many ways similar to a <citerefentry
environment variables or resource limits, among other
properties.</para>
- <para>Note that
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- may be used in place of the <command>shell</command> command,
- and allows more detailed, low-level configuration of the
- invoked unit. However, it is frequently more privileged than
- the <command>shell</command> command.</para></listitem>
+ <para>Note that <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-run</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ with its <option>--machine=</option> switch may be used in place of the <command>machinectl shell</command>
+ command, and allows non-interactive operation, more detailed and low-level configuration of the invoked unit,
+ as well as access to runtime and exit code/status information of the invoked shell process. In particular, use
+ <command>systemd-run</command>'s <option>--wait</option> switch to propagate exit status information of the
+ invoked process. Use <command>systemd-run</command>'s <option>--pty</option> switch for acquiring an
+ interactive shell, similar to <command>machinectl shell</command>. In general, <command>systemd-run</command>
+ is preferable for scripting purposes. However, note that <command>systemd-run</command> might require higher
+ privileges than <command>machinectl shell</command>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>enable</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
- <term><command>disable</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+ <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
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>poweroff</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+ <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
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>reboot</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+ <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
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>terminate</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+ <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
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>kill</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+ <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
<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
- is the destination directory in the container. 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>
+ <listitem><para>Bind mounts a file or directory from the host into the specified container. The first path
+ argument is the source file or directory on the host, the second path argument is the destination file or
+ directory in the container. 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,
+ and only if user namespacing (<option>--private-users</option>) is not used. This command supports bind
+ mounting directories, regular files, device nodes, <constant>AF_UNIX</constant> socket nodes, as well as
+ FIFOs.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
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>
+ same as the source path is used.</para>
+ <para>If host and container share the same user and group namespace, file ownership by numeric user ID and
+ group ID is preserved for the copy, otherwise all files and directories in the copy will be owned by the root
+ user and group (UID/GID 0).</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><command>copy-from</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable> <replaceable>PATH</replaceable> [<replaceable>PATH</replaceable>]</term>
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>
+ is used.</para>
+
+ <para>If host and container share the same user and group namespace, file ownership by numeric user ID and
+ group ID is preserved for the copy, otherwise all files and directories in the copy will be owned by the root
+ user and group (UID/GID 0).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect2>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>image-status</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...]</term>
+ <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
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>show-image</command> [<replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...]</term>
+ <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
<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 btrfs subvolume
images with this command, if the underlying file system supports this. 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>
+ image is optimized for file systems that support copy-on-write, and might not be efficient on others, due to
+ file system limitations.</para>
<para>Note that this command leaves host name, machine ID and
all other settings that could identify the instance
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>remove</command> <replaceable>NAME</replaceable>...</term>
+ <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
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
+ <para>The image is verified before it is made available, unless
+ <option>--verify=no</option> is specified.
+ Verification is done either via an inline signed file with the name
+ of the image and the suffix <filename>.sha256</filename> or via
+ separate <filename>SHA256SUMS</filename> and
+ <filename>SHA256SUMS.gpg</filename> files.
+ The signature files need to be made available on the same web
+ server, under the same URL as the <filename>.tar</filename> file.
+ With <option>--verify=checksum</option>, only the SHA256 checksum
+ for the file is verified, based on the <filename>.sha256</filename>
+ suffixed file or the<filename>SHA256SUMS</filename> file.
+ With <option>--verify=signature</option>, the sha checksum file is
+ first verified with the inline signature in the
+ <filename>.sha256</filename> file or the 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>
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
+ name. If the filename is passed as <literal>-</literal>, the
image is read from standard input, in which case the second
argument is mandatory.</para>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><command>cancel-transfers</command> <replaceable>ID</replaceable>...</term>
+ <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
<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,
+ <para>Note that some 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>import-tar</command>, <command>import-raw</command> and
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