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-======Debian Chroot using systemd-nspawn======
+======Chroot using systemd-nspawn======
-This tutorial is for creating a Debian chroot inside a system that has systemd fully implemented. This tutorial will not work on current Debian stable (jessie).
+===== Installation =====
-First we need a basic Debian installation,
+This tutorial is for creating a minimal Linux chroot inside a Linux distro that has SystemD fully implemented. This tutorial will not work on Debian Jessie.
+First we need to install some dependencies:
+  sudo apt-get install debootstrap systemd-container
+Depending on you distro, you may use another package manager to install instead. Now that we have debootstrap, we can have a basic Linux distro installation. In the example below we create a minimal Debian Jessie installation on ///var/chroot// directory
+  sudo mkdir -p /var/chroot
+  sudo debootstrap --arch amd64 jessie /var/chroot http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
+After this, the chroot is installed and fully functional.
+===== Using for the first time =====
+In order to access the chroot for the first time, use:
+  sudo systemd-nspawn -D /var/chroot
+This will let you to use the chroot as root user. It is a bad idea to use root, so first setup a root password, and then create a user. Once this is done, your chroot is ready for everyday usage.
+===== Usage =====
+To boot a chroot inside a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LXC|container]] use:
+  sudo systemd-nspawn -D /var/chroot -b
+This will give you a login screen, so log in as your user.
+To log more terminals to this container, use:
+  sudo machinectl login chroot