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diff --git a/docs/PORTABLE_SERVICES.md b/docs/PORTABLE_SERVICES.md index 32e127f1fa..dc1171c736 100644 --- a/docs/PORTABLE_SERVICES.md +++ b/docs/PORTABLE_SERVICES.md @@ -6,21 +6,17 @@ layout: default # Portable Services Introduction -This systemd version includes a preview of the "portable service" -concept. "Portable Services" are supposed to be an incremental improvement over -traditional system services, making two specific facets of container management -available to system services more readily. Specifically: +systemd (since version 239) supports a concept of "Portable Services". +"Portable Services" are a delivery method for system services that uses +two specific features of container management: -1. The bundling of applications, i.e. packing up multiple services, their - binaries and all their dependencies in an image, and running them - directly from it. +1. Applications are bundled. I.e. multiple services, their binaries and all + their dependencies are packaged in an image, and are run directly from it. 2. Stricter default security policies, i.e. sand-boxing of applications. -The primary tool for interfacing with "portable services" is the new -"portablectl" program. It's currently shipped in /usr/lib/systemd/portablectl -(i.e. not in the `$PATH`), since it's not yet considered part of the officially -supported systemd interfaces — it's a preview still after all. +The primary tool for interacting with Portable Services is `portablectl`, +and they are managed by the `systemd-portabled` service. Portable services don't bring anything inherently new to the table. All they do is put together known concepts in a slightly nicer way to cover a specific set |