apptainer - Linux container platform optimized for High Performance Computing (HPC) and Enterprise Performance Computing (EPC)

NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS EXAMPLE SEE ALSO HISTORY

NAME

Apptainer containers provide an application virtualization layer enabling
mobility of compute via both application and environment portability. With
Apptainer one is capable of building a root file system that runs on any
other Linux system where Apptainer is installed.

OPTIONS

		--build-config[=false]	use configuration needed for building containers
		-c, --config="/etc/apptainer/apptainer.conf"	specify a configuration file (for root or unprivileged installation only)
		-d, --debug[=false]	print debugging information (highest verbosity)
		-h, --help[=false]	help for apptainer
		--nocolor[=false]	print without color output (default False)
		-q, --quiet[=false]	suppress normal output
		-s, --silent[=false]	only print errors
		-v, --verbose[=false]	print additional information

EXAMPLE

$ apptainer help <command> [<subcommand>]
$ apptainer help build
$ apptainer help instance start

apptainer-build(1), apptainer-cache(1), apptainer-capability(1), apptainer-checkpoint(1), apptainer-config(1), apptainer-delete(1), apptainer-exec(1), apptainer-inspect(1), apptainer-instance(1), apptainer-key(1), apptainer-keyserver(1), apptainer-oci(1), apptainer-overlay(1), apptainer-plugin(1), apptainer-pull(1), apptainer-push(1), apptainer-registry(1), apptainer-remote(1), apptainer-run(1), apptainer-run-help(1), apptainer-search(1), apptainer-shell(1), apptainer-sif(1), apptainer-sign(1), apptainer-test(1), apptainer-verify(1), apptainer-version(1)

HISTORY

15-May-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se