systemd-nspawn

Spawn a command or OS in a lightweight container. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-nspawn.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/systemd-nspawn.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install systemd-container
Ubuntu
apt-get install systemd-container
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S systemd
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install systemd-container
CentOS
yum install systemd
Fedora
dnf install systemd-container
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install systemd-container
Raspbian
apt-get install systemd-container
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/systemd-nspawn

Spawn a command or OS in a lightweight container. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/systemd-nspawn.html>.

  • Run a command in a container:
    systemd-nspawn --directory path/to/container_root
  • Run a full Linux-based OS in a container:
    systemd-nspawn --boot --directory path/to/container_root
  • Run the specified command as PID 2 in the container (as opposed to PID 1) using a stub init process:
    systemd-nspawn --directory path/to/container_root --as-pid2
  • Specify the machine name and hostname:
    systemd-nspawn --machine=container_name --hostname=container_host --directory path/to/container_root

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