Add container machine for managing persistent Linux environments#1662
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`container machine` creates and manages container machines: lightweight, persistent, and integrated Linux environments that feel like an extension of your Mac, created from standard OCI images with a familiar UX. Subcommands: create, run, list (ls), inspect, set, set-default, logs, stop, delete (rm). `m` aliases machine. Adds command-reference and how-to docs. Co-authored-by: Jaewon Hur <jaewon_hur@apple.com> Co-authored-by: John Logan <john_logan@apple.com> Co-authored-by: Michael Crosby <michael_crosby@apple.com> Co-authored-by: Eric Ernst <eric_ernst@apple.com> Co-authored-by: Danny Canter <danny_canter@apple.com> Signed-off-by: Raj Aryan Singh <rajaryan_singh@apple.com>
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containerruns each workload in an ephemeral VM, so there's no built-in way to keep a persistent Linux environment you can log into and work in.container machineadds one.A container machine is a lightweight, persistent, and integrated Linux environments that feel like an extension of your Mac, created from standard OCI images with a familiar UX. The login user matches your host account with passwordless
sudo, your home directory is mounted inside the VM, and each machine keeps its filesystem and runs the image's own init system (such assystemdoropenrc).Subcommands:
create,run,list(ls),inspect,set,set-default,logs,stop,delete(rm);maliasesmachine. Docs added todocs/command-reference.md(Machine Management) anddocs/how-to.md("Use container machines").Testing