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systemd-nspawn

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

All systems: curl cmd.cat/systemd-nspawn.sh
Debian: apt-get install systemd-container
Ubuntu: apt-get install systemd-container
Arch Linux: pacman -S systemd
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

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