container-limit(1)

container-limit1

Limit resources of a container

Usage

container limit ['OPTIONS']

Overview

The container limit command limits resources available to a container at runtime.

Options

The following container limit options are available:

-n, --name='NAME':

Specify container name.

--blockio-device-weight='DEVICE WEIGHT':

Specify device specific blockio weight, see systemd.resource-control(5).

--blockio-read-bandwidth='DEVICE BYTES':

Specify device specific blockio read bandwidth, see systemd.resource-control(5).

-b, --blockio-weight='WEIGHT':

Specify general blockio weight, see systemd.resource-control(5).

--blockio-write-bandwidth='DEVICE BYTES':

Specify device specific blockio write bandwidth, see systemd.resource-control(5).

-c, --cpu-quota='QUOTA':

Specify CPU quota, see systemd.resource-control(5).

--cpu-shares='SHARES':

Specify CPU shares, see systemd.resource-control(5).

-m, --memory-limit='BYTES':

Specify memory limit, see systemd.resource-control(5).

-t, --tasks-max='NUMBER':

Specify tasks max, see systemd.resource-control(5).

Examples

Set blockio weight for the example.net container:

sudo container limit -n example.net --blockio-weight 100

Set CPU quota for the example.net container:

sudo container limit -n example.net --cpu-quota 10%

Set memory limit for the example.net container to 1GB:

sudo container limit -n example.net --memory-limit 1G

Set tasks max for the example.net container to 100:

sudo container limit -n example.net --tasks-max 100

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 < <[email protected]> >.

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

Releases

3 releases since Debian 11 (Bullseye); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 11
  2. 12
  3. 13

Authors

compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann < <[email protected]> > and others.

From open-infrastructure-compute-tools 20250604-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.