NAME

       container-build - Build a container

SYNOPSIS

       container build ['OPTIONS']
       cnt b ['OPTIONS']

DESCRIPTION

       The container build command builds a container based on a script.

   Scripts
       The following build scripts are available:

       debootstrap:
              Basic script to build Debian based container, see container-build-debootstrap(1).

       debconf:
              Advanced script to automatically build Debian based container, see container-build-debconf(1).

       default:
              Symlink  (if existing) to a build script which is used if no script was specified. On Debian based
              system this can be managed through update-alternatives(1), i.e. 'sudo update-alternatives --config
              container_build-script'.

OPTIONS

       The following container build options are available:

       -n, --name='NAME':
              Specify container name.

       -c, --capability='CAPABILITY':
              Specify capabilities to grant, see capabilities(7).

       -d, --drop-capability='DROP_CAPABILITY':
              Specify capabilities to drop, see capabilities(7).

       -s, --script='SCRIPT':
              Specify container build script, defaults to 'debootstrap'.

       -v, --verbose:
              Explain what is being done.

       -b, --bind='DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]':
              Specify container read-write bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind option.

       --bind-ro='DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS][;DIRECTORY:DIRECTORY[:OPTIONS]]':
              Specify container read-only bind mounts, see systemd-nspawn(1) --bind-ro option.

       --cnt-overlay='DIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED[;DIRECTORY_UPPER:DIRECTORY_LOWER:DIRECTORY_WORK:DIRECTORY_MERGED]':
              Specify container overlay mounts, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.

       --cnt.overlay-options='OPTION1,OPTION2[;OPTION3,OPTION4]':
              Specify container overlay mount options, see Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt.

       --cnt.start='OPTION1[,OPTION2,...]':
              Specify container start options, see container-start(1).

EXAMPLES

       Build example.net container using debootstrap script:
          sudo container build -n example.net -s debootstrap

       Build example.net container using debconf script:
          sudo container build -n example.net -s debconf

       Build example.net container with the default build script and start it:
          sudo container build,start -n example.net

SEE ALSO

       compute-tools(7),
       container(1).

HOMEPAGE

       More information about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage  (‐
       https://open-infrastructure.net).

CONTACT

       Bug  reports,  feature  requests,  help,  patches,  support  and  everything else are welcome on the Open
       Infrastructure Software Mailing List <software@lists.open-infrastructure.net>.

       Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System (https://bugs.debian.org).

AUTHORS

       compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net> and others.

Open Infrastructure                               compute-tools                               CONTAINER-BUILD(1)