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6 singularity-instance-start - Start a named instance of the given con‐
7 tainer image
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12 singularity instance start [start options...] [startscript args...]
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17 The instance start command allows you to create a new named instance
18 from an
19 existing container image that will begin running in the background.
20 If a
21 startscript is defined in the container metadata the commands in that
22 script
23 will be executed with the instance start command as well. You can op‐
24 tionally
25 pass arguments to startscript
26 singularity instance start accepts the following container formats
29 *.sif Singularity Image Format (SIF). Native to Singular‐
32 ity 3.0+
33 *.sqsh SquashFS format. Native to Singularity 2.4+
36 *.img ext3 format. Native to Singularity versions < 2.4.
39 directory/ sandbox format. Directory containing a valid root
42 file
43 system and optionally Singularity meta-data.
44 instance://* A local running instance of a container. (See the
47 instance
48 command group.)
49 library://* A SIF container hosted on a Library
52 (default https://cloud.sylabs.io/library)
53 docker://* A Docker/OCI container hosted on Docker Hub or an‐
56 other
57 OCI registry.
58 shub://* A container hosted on Singularity Hub.
61 oras://* A SIF container hosted on an OCI registry that sup‐
64 ports
65 the OCI Registry As Storage (ORAS) specification.
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70 --add-caps="" a comma separated capability list to add
71 --allow-setuid[=false] allow setuid binaries in container (root
74 only)
75 --apply-cgroups="" apply cgroups from file for container processes
78 (root only)
79 -B, --bind=[] a user-bind path specification. spec has the format
82 src[:dest[:opts]], where src and dest are outside and inside paths. If
83 dest is not given, it is set equal to src. Mount options ('opts') may
84 be specified as 'ro' (read-only) or 'rw' (read/write, which is the de‐
85 fault). Multiple bind paths can be given by a comma separated list.
86 --boot[=false] execute /sbin/init to boot container (root only)
89 -e, --cleanenv[=false] clean environment before running container
92 -c, --contain[=false] use minimal /dev and empty other directories
95 (e.g. /tmp and $HOME) instead of sharing filesystems from your host
96 -C, --containall[=false] contain not only file systems, but also
99 PID, IPC, and environment
100 --disable-cache[=false] dont use cache, and dont create cache
103 --dns="" list of DNS server separated by commas to add in re‐
106 solv.conf
107 --docker-login[=false] login to a Docker Repository interactively
110 --drop-caps="" a comma separated capability list to drop
113 --env=[] pass environment variable to contained process
116 --env-file="" pass environment variables from file to contained
119 process
120 -f, --fakeroot[=false] run container in new user namespace as uid
123 0
124 --fusemount=[] A FUSE filesystem mount specification of the form
127 ': ' - where is 'container' or 'host', specifying where the mount will
128 be performed ('container-daemon' or 'host-daemon' will run the FUSE
129 process detached). is the path to the FUSE executable, plus options
130 for the mount. is the location in the container to which the FUSE
131 mount will be attached. E.g. 'container:sshfs 10.0.0.1:/ /sshfs'. Im‐
132 plies --pid.
133 -h, --help[=false] help for start
136 -H, --home="/builddir" a home directory specification. spec can
139 either be a src path or src:dest pair. src is the source path of the
140 home directory outside the container and dest overrides the home direc‐
141 tory within the container.
142 --hostname="" set container hostname
145 --keep-privs[=false] let root user keep privileges in container
148 (root only)
149 -n, --net[=false] run container in a new network namespace (sets
152 up a bridge network interface by default)
153 --network="bridge" specify desired network type separated by com‐
156 mas, each network will bring up a dedicated interface inside container
157 --network-args=[] specify network arguments to pass to CNI plugins
160 --no-home[=false] do NOT mount users home directory if /home is
163 not the current working directory
164 --no-init[=false] do NOT start shim process with --pid
167 --no-mount=[] disable one or more mount xxx options set in singu‐
170 larity.conf
171 --no-privs[=false] drop all privileges from root user in con‐
174 tainer)
175 --no-umask[=false] do not propagate umask to the container, set
178 default 0022 umask
179 --nohttps[=false] do NOT use HTTPS with the docker:// transport
182 (useful for local docker registries without a certificate)
183 --nv[=false] enable experimental Nvidia support
186 -o, --overlay=[] use an overlayFS image for persistent data stor‐
189 age or as read-only layer of container
190 --passphrase[=false] prompt for an encryption passphrase
193 --pem-path="" enter an path to a PEM formated RSA key for an en‐
196 crypted container
197 --pid-file="" write instance PID to the file with the given name
200 --rocm[=false] enable experimental Rocm support
203 -S, --scratch=[] include a scratch directory within the container
206 that is linked to a temporary dir (use -W to force location)
207 --security=[] enable security features (SELinux, Apparmor, Sec‐
210 comp)
211 -u, --userns[=false] run container in a new user namespace, allow‐
214 ing Singularity to run completely unprivileged on recent kernels. This
215 disables some features of Singularity, for example it only works with
216 sandbox images.
217 --uts[=false] run container in a new UTS namespace
220 -W, --workdir="" working directory to be used for /tmp, /var/tmp
223 and $HOME (if -c/--contain was also used)
224 -w, --writable[=false] by default all Singularity containers are
227 available as read only. This option makes the file system accessible as
228 read/write.
229 --writable-tmpfs[=false] makes the file system accessible as
232 read-write with non persistent data (with overlay support only)
233
237 $ singularity instance start /tmp/my-sql.sif mysql
238 $ singularity shell instance://mysql
240 Singularity my-sql.sif> pwd
241 /home/mibauer/mysql
242 Singularity my-sql.sif> ps
243 PID TTY TIME CMD
244 1 pts/0 00:00:00 sinit
245 2 pts/0 00:00:00 bash
246 3 pts/0 00:00:00 ps
247 Singularity my-sql.sif>
248 $ singularity instance stop /tmp/my-sql.sif mysql
250 Stopping /tmp/my-sql.sif mysql
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