container-run(1)

container-run1

Execute commands in a container namespace

Usage

container {run ['OPTIONS'] -- 'COMMAND' | "COMMANDS"}

cnt {r ['OPTIONS'] -- 'COMMAND' | "COMMANDS"}

Overview

The container run command executes arbitrary commands as root in a container namespace.

Options

The following container run options are available:

-n, --name='NAME':

Specify container name. Specifying 'ALL' will start all stopped container.

Examples

Run 'hostname' in example.net container:

sudo container run -n example.net -- hostname

Create and delete a file in example.net container:

sudo container run -n example.net -- 'touch /tmp/foo && rm -f /tmp/foo'

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.