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                <h1 id="nspawn-containers">Nspawn Containers</h1>
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<p><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Systemd-nspawn">This Link For Arch Linux Wiki for Nspawn Containers</a></p>
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<p>I like the idea of starting with the easy containers first.</p>
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<h3 id="create-a-filesystem">Create a FileSystem</h3>
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<pre><code class="bash">cd /var/lib/machines
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# create a directory
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mkdir <container>
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# use pacstrap to create a file system
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pacstrap -i -c -d <container> base --ignore linux
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</code></pre>
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<p>At this point you might want to copy over some configs to save time later.</p>
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<li>/etc/locale.conf</li>
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<li>/root/.bashrc</li>
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<h3 id="first-boot-and-create-root-password">First boot and create root password</h3>
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<pre><code class="bash">systemd-nspawn -b -D <container>
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passwd
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# assuming you copied over /etc/locale.gen
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locale-gen
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# set timezone
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timedatectl set-timezone <timezone>
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# enable network time
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timedatectl set-ntp 1
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# enable networking
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systemctl enable systemd-networkd
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systemctl enable systemd-resolved
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poweroff
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# if you want to nat the container add *-n* flag
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systemd-nspawn -b -D <container> -n
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# and to bind mount the package cache
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systemd-nspawn -b -D <container> -n --bind=/var/cache/pacman/pkg
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="networking">Networking</h3>
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<p>Here's a link that skips ahead to <a href="#automatically-starting-the-container">Automatically Starting the Container</a></p>
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<p>On Arch, assuming you have systemd-networkd and systemd-resolved
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set up correctly, networking from the host end of things should
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just work.<br />
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However on Linode it does not. What does work on Linode is to create
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a bridge interface. Two files for br0 will get the job done.</p>
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<pre><code class="text"># /etc/systemd/network/50-br0.netdev
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[NetDev]
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Name=br0
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Kind=bridge
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</code></pre>
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<pre><code class="text"># /etc/systemd/network/50-br0.netdev
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[Match]
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Name=br0
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[Network]
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Address=10.0.55.1/24 # arbitrarily pick a subnet range to taste
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DHCPServer=yes
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IPMasquerade=yes
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</code></pre>
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<p>Notice how the configuration file tells systemd-networkd to offer
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DHCP service and to perform masquerade. You can modify the <code>systemd-nspawn</code>
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command to use the bridge interface. Every container attached to this bridge
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will be on the same subnet and able to talk to each other.</p>
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<pre><code class="bash"># first restart systemd-networkd to bring up the new bridge interface
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systemctl restart systemd-networkd
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# and add --network-bridge=br0 to systemd-nspawn command
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systemd-nspawn -b -D <container> --network-bridge=br0 --bind=/var/cache/pacman/pkg
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</code></pre>
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<h3 id="automatically-starting-the-container">Automatically Starting the Container</h3>
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<p>Here's a link back up to <a href="#networking">Networking</a>
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in case you previously skipped ahead.</p>
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<p>There are two ways to automate starting the container. You can override
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<code>systemd-nspawn@.service</code> or create an <em>nspawn</em> file.  </p>
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<p>First enable machines.target</p>
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<pre><code class="bash"># to override the systemd-nspawn@.service file
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cp /lib/systemd/system/systemd-nspawn@.service /etc/systemd/system/systemd-nspawn@<container>.service
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</code></pre>
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<p>Edit <code>/etc/systemd/system/systemd-nspawn@<container>.service</code> to add the <code>systemd-nspawn</code> options
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you want to the <code>ExecStart</code> command.</p>
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<p>Or create <code>/etc/systemd/nspawn/<container>.nspawn</code></p>
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<pre><code class="text"># /etc/systemd/nspawn/<container>.nspawn
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[Files]
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Bind=/var/cache/pacman/pkg
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[Network]
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Bridge=br0
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</code></pre>
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<pre><code class="text"># /etc/systemd/nspawn/<container>.nspawn
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[Files]
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Bind=/var/cache/pacman/pkg
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[Network]
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VirtualEthernet=1 # this seems to be the default sometimes, though
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</code></pre>
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<pre><code class="bash"># in either case
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systemctl start/enable systemd-nspawn@<container>
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# to get a shell
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machinectl shell <container>
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# and then to get an environment
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bash
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<p>This would be a good time to check for network and name resolution,
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symlink resolv.conf if need be.</p>
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<h3 id="initial-configuration-inside-the-container">Initial Configuration Inside The Container</h3>
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<pre><code class="bash"># set time zone if you don't want UTC
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timedatectl set-timezone <timezone>
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# enable ntp, networktime
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timedatectl set-ntp 1
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# enable networking from inside the container
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systemctl enable systemd-networkd
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systemctl start systemd-networkd
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systemctl enable systemd-resolved
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systemctl start systemd-resolved
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rm /etc/resolv.conf 
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ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/
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# ping google
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ping -c 3 google.com
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</code></pre>
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<p><a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/locale">If you want to change the locale</a></p>
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<h2 id="final-observations">Final Observations</h2>
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<ul>
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<li>You can start/stop nspawn containers with <code>machinectl</code> command. </li>
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<li>You can start nspawn containers with <code>systemd-nspawn</code> command.</li>
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<li>You can configure the systemd service for a container with @nspawn.service file override</li>
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<li>Or you can configure an nspawn container with a dot.nspawn file</li>
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</ul>
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<p>But in regards to the above list
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I have noticed differences in behaviour,
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in some scenarios, concerning file attributes
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for bind mounts.</p>
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<p>Another curiosity: when you have nspawn containers natted on VirtualEthernet connections,
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they might be able to ping each other at 10.x.y.z, but not resolve each other. But they might
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be able to resolve each other if they are all connected to the same bridge interface or nspawn
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network zone, but will randomly resolve each other in any of the 10.x.y.z, 169.x.y.z,
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or fe80::....:....:....%host (ipv6 local) spaces, which would complicate configuring the containers
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to talk to each other. But I intend to look into this some more.</p>
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