Running a smallest container using systemd
To run containers, you don't need docker. You just need linux kernel, and some tools to control kernel resources. Docker is a nice way to use container, but not the only one.
SystemD does the job. So if you have it will can run containers without docker as requirement. Since today systemd is the most used init system in linux world, it is a relevant fact.
In this post I will show you how to create a systemd container from scratch.
First all you need a empty directory where you will create a root file strucutre to be used inside the container. In this example I will run bash.
mkdir lib cp /bin/bash bin/ cp /lib/ld-2.25.90.so lib cp /lib/lic.so.6 lib cp /lib/lidl.so.2 lib cp /lib/libncursesw.so.6 lib sudo systemd-nspawn --machine mycontainer --directory $PWD /lib/ld-2.25.90.so /bin/bash
Of course you can do the same with other binaries too. Eg. If you want to know what dependencies does "go" have, just run:
/lib/ld-2.25.90.so --list /usr/bin/go linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffb…
SystemD does the job. So if you have it will can run containers without docker as requirement. Since today systemd is the most used init system in linux world, it is a relevant fact.
In this post I will show you how to create a systemd container from scratch.
First all you need a empty directory where you will create a root file strucutre to be used inside the container. In this example I will run bash.
mkdir lib cp /bin/bash bin/ cp /lib/ld-2.25.90.so lib cp /lib/lic.so.6 lib cp /lib/lidl.so.2 lib cp /lib/libncursesw.so.6 lib sudo systemd-nspawn --machine mycontainer --directory $PWD /lib/ld-2.25.90.so /bin/bash
Of course you can do the same with other binaries too. Eg. If you want to know what dependencies does "go" have, just run:
/lib/ld-2.25.90.so --list /usr/bin/go linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fffb…