singularity-checkpoint-instance - Checkpoint the state of a running instance (experimental)

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  EXAMPLE  SEE ALSO  HISTORY 

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NAME

apptainer-checkpoint-instance - Checkpoint the state of a running instance (experimental)

SYNOPSIS

apptainer checkpoint instance

DESCRIPTION

The checkpoint instance command checkpoints an active instance by name. The instance must
have been started with either --dmtcp-launch or --dmtcp-restart.

OPTIONS

		-h, --help[=false]	help for instance
		-H, --home="/home/buildozer"	a home directory specification. spec can either be a src path or src:dest pair. src is the source path of the home directory outside the container and dest overrides the home directory within the container.

EXAMPLE

To checkpoint an instance:
$ apptainer checkpoint instance example-instance

SEE ALSO

apptainer-checkpoint(1)

HISTORY

15-May-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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