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apptainer run

Run the default runscript of an Apptainer container. The runscript is defined in the %runscript section of the container's definition file. See also: apptainer exec, apptainer shell. More information: https://apptainer.org/docs/user/main/cli/apptainer_run.html.

  • Run the default runscript of a container:

apptainer run {{path/to/image.sif}}

  • Run with arguments passed to the runscript:

apptainer run {{path/to/image.sif}} {{arg1 arg2 ...}}

  • Run with a bind mount from host to container:

apptainer run {{[-B|--bind]}} {{path/to/source}}:{{path/to/destination}} {{path/to/image.sif}}

  • Run with environment variables:

apptainer run --env {{variable}}={{value}} {{path/to/image.sif}}

  • Run in fully isolated mode (contained filesystem, PID, IPC, and clean environment):

apptainer run {{[-C|--containall]}} {{path/to/image.sif}}

  • Run with a writable temporary filesystem overlay:

apptainer run --writable-tmpfs {{path/to/image.sif}}

  • Run with NVIDIA GPU support:

apptainer run --nv {{path/to/image.sif}}

  • Display help:

apptainer run {{[-h|--help]}}