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| <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 |
| 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> |
| </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> |
| |
| <para>Note that this command leaves host name, machine ID and |
| all other settings that could identify the instance |
| unmodified. The original image and the cloned copy will hence |
| share these credentials, and it might be necessary to manually |
| change them in the copy.</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 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 not 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 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 downloaded image is in |
| <filename>.qcow2</filename> format it is 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 not 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 not 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 project='die-net'><refentrytitle>tar</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>xz</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>gzip</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>, |
| <citerefentry project='die-net'><refentrytitle>bzip2</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> |
| </para> |
| </refsect1> |
| |
| </refentry> |