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@@ -1,34 +1,19 @@
-:lastproofread: 2021-06-30
-
-.. include:: /_include/need_improvement.txt
-
-.. _container:
+:lastproofread: 2022-06-10
#########
Container
#########
+The VyOS container implementation is based on `Podman<https://podman.io/>` as
+a deamonless container engine.
+
*************
Configuration
*************
-.. cfgcmd:: set container <name>
-
- Set a named container.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set container network <networkname>
-
- Creates a named container network
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set container registry <name>
-
- Adds registry to list of unqualified-search-registries. By default, for any
- image that does not include the registry in the image name, Vyos will use
- docker.io as the container registry.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set container <name> image
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> image
- Sets the image name in the hub registry
+ Sets the image name in the hub registry
.. code-block:: none
@@ -42,7 +27,7 @@ Configuration
set container name mysql-server image quay.io/mysql:8.0
-.. cfgcmd:: set container <name> allow-host-networks
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> allow-host-networks
Allow host networking in a container. The network stack of the container is
not isolated from the host and will use the host IP.
@@ -50,50 +35,52 @@ Configuration
The following commands translate to "--net host" when the container
is created
- .. note:: **allow-host-networks** cannot be used with **network**
+ .. note:: **allow-host-networks** cannot be used with **network**
-.. cfgcmd:: set container <name> description <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> network <networkname>
- Sets the container description
+ Attaches user-defined network to a container.
+ Only one network must be specified and must already exist.
-.. cfgcmd:: set container <name> environment '<key>' value '<value>'
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> network <networkname> address <address>
- Add custom environment variables.
- Multiple environment variables are allowed.
- The following commands translate to "-e key=value" when the container
- is created.
+ Optionally set a specific static IPv4 or IPv6 address for the container.
+ This address must be within the named network prefix.
- .. code-block:: none
+ .. note:: The first IP in the container network is reserved by the engine and cannot be used
- set container name mysql-server environment 'MYSQL_DATABASE' value 'zabbix'
- set container name mysql-server environment 'MYSQL_USER' value 'zabbix'
- set container name mysql-server environment 'MYSQL_PASSWORD' value 'zabbix_pwd'
- set container name mysql-server environment 'MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD' value 'root_pwd'
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> description <text>
-.. cfgcmd:: set container <name> network <networkname>
+ Set a container description
- Attaches user-defined network to a container.
- Only one network must be specified and must already exist.
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> environment <key> value <value>
- Optionally a specific static IPv4 or IPv6 address can be set for
- the container. This address must be within the named network.
+ Add custom environment variables.
+ Multiple environment variables are allowed.
+ The following commands translate to "-e key=value" when the container
+ is created.
.. code-block:: none
- set container <name> network <networkname> address <address>
+ set container name mysql-server environment MYSQL_DATABASE value 'zabbix'
+ set container name mysql-server environment MYSQL_USER value 'zabbix'
+ set container name mysql-server environment MYSQL_PASSWORD value 'zabbix_pwd'
+ set container name mysql-server environment MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD value 'root_pwd'
- .. note:: The first IP in the container network is reserved by the engine and cannot be used
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> port <portname> source <portnumber>
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> port <portname> destination <portnumber>
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> port <portname> protocol <tcp | udp>
-.. cfgcmd:: set container <name> port <portname> [source | destination ] <portnumber>
-
- Publishes a port for the container
+ Publish a port for the container.
.. code-block:: none
set container name zabbix-web-nginx-mysql port http source 80
set container name zabbix-web-nginx-mysql port http destination 8080
+ set container name zabbix-web-nginx-mysql port http protocol tcp
-.. cfgcmd:: set container <name> volume <volumename> [source | destination ] <path>
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> volume <volumename> source <path>
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> volume <volumename> destination <path>
Mount a volume into the container
@@ -101,6 +88,89 @@ Configuration
set container name coredns volume 'corefile' source /config/coredns/Corefile
set container name coredns volume 'corefile' destination /etc/Corefile
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> volume <volumename> mode <ro | rw>
+
+ Volume is either mounted as rw (read-write - default) or ro (read-only)
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> restart [no | on-failure | always]
+
+ Set the restart behavior of the container.
+
+ - **no**: Do not restart containers on exit
+ - **on-failure**: Restart containers when they exit with a non-zero exit code, retrying indefinitely (default)
+ - **always**: Restart containers when they exit, regardless of status, retrying indefinitely
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> memory <MB>
+
+ Constrain the memory available to the container.
+
+ Default is 512 MB. Use 0 MB for unlimited memory.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> device <devicename> source <path>
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> device <devicename> destination <path>
+
+ Add a host device to the container.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: container name <name> cap-add <text>
+
+ Set container capabilities or permissions.
+
+ - **net-admin**: Network operations (interface, firewall, routing tables)
+ - **net-bind-service**: Bind a socket to privileged ports (port numbers less than 1024)
+ - **net-raw**: Permission to create raw network sockets
+ - **setpcap**: Capability sets (from bounded or inherited set)
+ - **sys-admin**: Administation operations (quotactl, mount, sethostname, setdomainame)
+ - **sys-time**: Permission to set system clock
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set container name <name> disable
+
+ Disable a container.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set container network <networkname>
+
+ Creates a named container network
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set container registry <name>
+
+ Adds registry to list of unqualified-search-registries. By default, for any
+ image that does not include the registry in the image name, Vyos will use
+ docker.io as the container registry.
+
+
+******************
+Operation Commands
+******************
+
+.. opcmd:: add container image <containername>
+
+ Pull a new image for container
+
+.. opcmd:: show container
+
+ Show the list of all active containers.
+
+.. opcmd:: show container image
+
+ Show the local container images.
+
+.. opcmd:: show container log <containername>
+
+ Show logs from a given container
+
+.. opcmd:: show container network
+
+ Show a list available container networks
+
+.. opcmd:: restart container <containername>
+
+ Restart a given container
+
+.. opcmd:: update container image <containername>
+
+ Update container image
+
+
*********************
Example Configuration
@@ -150,4 +220,4 @@ Example Configuration
set container name zabbix-web-nginx-mysql environment 'MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD' value 'root_pwd'
set container name zabbix-web-nginx-mysql port http source 80
- set container name zabbix-web-nginx-mysql port http destination 8080 \ No newline at end of file
+ set container name zabbix-web-nginx-mysql port http destination 8080