systemd-nspawn — Spawn a command or OS in a lightweight container. More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/sof

Run a command in a container

systemd-nspawn {{[-D|--directory]}} {{path/to/container_root}}

Run a full Linux-based OS in a container

systemd-nspawn {{[-b|--boot]}} {{[-D|--directory]}} {{path/to/container_root}}

Run the specified command as PID 2 in the container (as opposed to PID 1) using a stub init process

systemd-nspawn {{[-D|--directory]}} {{path/to/container_root}} {{[-a|--as-pid2]}}

Specify the machine name and hostname

systemd-nspawn {{[-M|--machine]}} {{container_name}} --hostname {{container_host}} {{[-D|--directory]}} {{path/to/container_root}}