apptainer-config-global - Edit apptainer.conf from command line (root user only or unprivileged installation)

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  EXAMPLE  SEE ALSO  HISTORY 

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NAME

apptainer-config-global - Edit apptainer.conf from command line (root user only or unprivileged installation)

SYNOPSIS

apptainer config global [value,...]

DESCRIPTION

The config global command allow administrators to set/unset/get/reset configuration
directives of apptainer.conf from command line.

OPTIONS

		-d, --dry-run[=false]	dump resulting configuration on stdout but doesn’t write it to apptainer.conf
		-g, --get[=false]	get value of the configuration directive
		-h, --help[=false]	help for global
		-r, --reset[=false]	reset the configuration directive value to its default value
		-s, --set[=false]	set value of the configuration directive (for multi-value directives, it will add it)
		-u, --unset[=false]	unset value of the configuration directive (for multi-value directives, it will remove matching values)

EXAMPLE

To add a path to "bind path" directive:
$ apptainer config global --set "bind path" /etc/resolv.conf

To remove a path from "bind path" directive:
$ apptainer config global --unset "bind path" /etc/resolv.conf

To set "bind path" to the default value:
$ apptainer config global --reset "bind path"

To get "bind path" directive value:
$ apptainer config global --get "bind path"

To display the resulting configuration instead of writing it to file:
$ apptainer config global --dry-run --set "bind path" /etc/resolv.conf

SEE ALSO

apptainer-config(1)

HISTORY

15-May-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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