container system --help doesn't show subcommand property

[jchimene]

I'm just getting started w/ container. I've been using lima. I thought that container should be investigated.
I installed the .4.1 package, and started the tutorial.
Imagine my surprise when the local dns entry could be created, but not set as a property.
The command

container system --help

doesn't show property as a valid subcommand?

OVERVIEW: Manage system components
USAGE: container system 
OPTIONS:
 --version               Show the version.
 -h, --help              Show help information.
   
  SUBCOMMANDS:
  dns                     Manage local DNS domains
  logs                    Fetch system logs for `container` services
  start                   Start `container` services
  stop                    Stop all `container` services
  status                  Show the status of `container` services
  kernel                  Manage the default kernel configuration
   
  See 'container help system ' for detailed help.
  container system property
  Error: Unexpected argument 'property'
  Usage: container system 
  See 'container system --help' for more information.

I'm obviously missing something. Any advice appreciated

[jchimene]

Some logs

	container system status
	apiserver is not running and not registered with launchd
	>  ~  container system start
	Verifying apiserver is running...
	Installing base container filesystem...
	>  ~  container system status
	Verifying apiserver is running...
	apiserver is running
	>  ~  container system property
	Error: Unexpected argument 'property'
	Usage: container system <subcommand>
	  See 'container system --help' for more information.

[katiewasnothere]

Hi @jchimene, the property subcommand on container system was recently added in this PR #604. We have not made a release of container that includes this change yet. We typically make new releases at the end of the month, so there should be a new release in the next week or so.

In container 0.4.1 the correct command would be container system dns default to set a default dns. See similar comment here.

We have opened #638 to track work to make it more clear how a user finds the correct tutorial docs, etc for the version of the tool they're using, 0.4.1 in this case. Until that work is done, my recommendation to find the docs for the version you're using would be to view the repo at the tag for 0.4.1 here.

[katiewasnothere]

Update: I added a warning in the README that explains how to find the correct documentation https://github.com/apple/container?tab=readme-ov-file#next-steps. If anyone has feedback on this, please let me know :)