Copyright (C) 2015-2019 Anton Skshidlevsky, GPLv3
A command line application for installing and running GNU/Linux distributions in the chroot environment.
- Linux
- BusyBox or Bash and GNU utils
- QEMU, qemu-user-static for architecture emulation
- binfmt_misc module for architecture emulation without PRoot
- PRoot for work without superuser permissions
Main help:
USAGE:
cli.sh [OPTIONS] COMMAND ...
OPTIONS:
-p NAME - configuration profile
-d - enable debug mode
-t - enable trace mode
COMMANDS:
config [...] [PARAMETERS] [NAME ...] - configuration management
- without parameters displays a list of configurations
-r - remove the current configuration
-i FILE - import the configuration
-x - dump of the current configuration
-l - list of dependencies for the specified or are connected components
-a - list of all components without check compatibility
deploy [...] [PARAMETERS] [-n NAME] [NAME ...] - install the distribution and included components
-m - mount the container before deployment
-i - install without configure
-c - configure without install
-n NAME - skip installation of this component
import FILE|URL - import a rootfs into the current container from archive (tgz, tbz2 or txz)
export FILE - export the current container as a rootfs archive (tgz, tbz2 or txz)
shell [-u USER] [COMMAND] - execute the specified command in the container, by default /bin/bash
-u USER - switch to the specified user
mount - mount the container
umount - unmount the container
start [-m] [NAME ...] - start all included or only specified components
-m - mount the container before start
stop [-u] [NAME ...] - stop all included or only specified components
-u - unmount the container after stop
status [NAME ...] - display the status of the container and components
help [NAME ...] - show this help or help of components
Help for the parameters of the main components:
--distrib="debian"
The code name of Linux distribution, which will be installed. Supported "debian", "ubuntu", "kali", "fedora", "centos", "archlinux", "slackware", "apline".
--target-type="file"
The container deployment type, can specify "file", "directory", "partition", "ram" or "custom".
--target-path="/path/to/debian_x86.img"
Installation path depends on the type of deployment.
--disk-size="2000"
Image file size when selected type of deployment "file". Zero means the automatic selection of the image size.
--fs-type="ext4"
File system that will be created inside a image file or on a partition. Supported "ext2", "ext3" or "ext4"
--arch="i386"
Architecture of Linux distribution, supported "armel", "armhf", "arm64", "i386" and "amd64".
--suite="stretch"
Version of Linux distribution, supported versions "jessie", "stretch" and "buster" (also can be used "stable", "testing", "unstable" or "oldstable").
--source-path="http://ftp.debian.org/debian/"
Installation source, can specify address of the repository or path to the rootfs archive.
--extra-packages=""
List of optional installation packages, separated by spaces.
--method="chroot"
Containerization method "chroot" or "proot".
--chroot-dir="/mnt"
Mount directory of the container for containerization method "chroot".
--emulator="qemu-i386-static"
Specify which to use the emulator, by default QEMU.
--mounts="/path/to/source:/path/to/target"
Mounts resources to the container as "SOURCE:TARGET" separated by a space.
--dns="auto"
IP-address of DNS server, can specify multiple addresses separated by a space.
--net-trigger=""
Path to a script inside the container to process changes the network.
--locale="C"
Localization, e.g. "en_US.UTF-8".
--user-name="android"
Username that will be created in the container.
--user-password="changeme"
Password will be assigned to the specified user.
--privileged-users="android:aid_inet android:aid_media_rw"
A list of users in a format UID:GID separated by a space to be added UID to GID.
- Source code: https://github.com/meefik/linuxdeploy-cli
- Donations: https://meefik.github.io/donate