create.go

package main

import (
	"os"

	"github.com/urfave/cli"
)

var createCommand = cli.Command{
	Name:  "create",
	Usage: "create a virtual machine",
	ArgsUsage: "",
	Flags: []cli.Flag{
		cli.StringFlag{
			Name:  "bundle, b",
			Value: "",
			Usage: `path to the root of the bundle directory, defaults to the current directory`,
		},
		cli.StringFlag{
			Name:  "console-socket",
			Value: "",
			Usage: "path to an AF_UNIX socket which will receive a file descriptor referencing the master end of the console's pseudoterminal",
		},
		cli.StringFlag{
			Name:  "pid-file",
			Value: "",
			Usage: "specify the file to write the process id to",
		},
		cli.BoolFlag{
			Name:  "no-pivot",
			Usage: "do not use pivot root to jail process inside rootfs.  This should be used whenever the rootfs is on top of a ramdisk",
		},
		cli.BoolFlag{
			Name:  "no-new-keyring",
			Usage: "do not create a new session keyring for the container.  This will cause the container to inherit the calling processes session key",
		},
		cli.IntFlag{
			Name:  "preserve-fds",
			Usage: "Pass N additional file descriptors to the container (stdio + $LISTEN_FDS + N in total)",
		},
	},
	Action: func(context *cli.Context) error {
		if err := checkArgs(context, 1, exactArgs); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		if err := revisePidFile(context); err != nil {
			return err
		}
		spec, err := setupSpec(context)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		status, err := startContainer(context, spec, CT_ACT_CREATE, nil)
		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		// exit with the container's exit status so any external supervisor is
		// notified of the exit with the correct exit status.
		os.Exit(status)
		return nil
	},
}