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[sdnsp]:  https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-nspawn


## <a id="create" name="load"></a>Container Creation

The single biggest area of difference between the likes of Docker and the RouterOS `container.npk` feature is how you create containers from [OCI] images. It combines Docker’s `create` and `load` commands under `/container/add`, the distinction expressed by whether you give it the `remote-image` or `file` option, respectively.

Given the size of the output from `docker create --help`, it should not be surprising that the bulk of that is either not available in RouterOS or exists in a very different form. Most of these limitations stem from [the list above](#global). For instance, the lack of any CPU usage limit features means there is no equivalent under `/container` for the several `docker create --cpu*` options. Rather than go into these options one by one, I’ll cover the ones where the answers cannot be gleaned through a careful reading of the rest of this article:
Given the size of the output from `docker create --help`, it should not be surprising that the bulk of that is either not available in RouterOS or exists in a very different form. Most of these limitations stem from [the list above](#global). Rather than go into these options one by one, I’ll cover the ones where the answers cannot be gleaned through a careful reading of the rest of this article:

*   <a id="create-env"></a>**`--env`**: The equivalent is this RouterOS command pair:

        /container/envs/add name=NAME …
        /container/add envlist=NAME …

    This is in fact closer to the way the **`--env-file`** option works, except that under RouterOS, this particular “file” isn’t stored under `/file`!