apptainer pull

linux

Pull container images from remote sources. See also: `apptainer-push`.

Options (2)

-F, --forceboolean

Force overwrite an existing image file

Example: apptainer pull {{[-F|--force]}} {{path/to/image.sif}} docker://{{image}}:{{tag}}

-h, --helpboolean

Display help

Example: apptainer pull {{[-h|--help]}}

Pull a container from Docker Hub

apptainer pull path/to/image.sif docker://image:tag

Pull a container from the Container Library

apptainer pull path/to/image.sif library://user/collection/container:tag

Pull a container from an OCI registry

apptainer pull path/to/image.sif oras://registry/namespace/image:tag

Pull a container for a specific architecture

apptainer pull --arch amd64|arm64|ppc64le path/to/image.sif library://image:tag

Force overwrite an existing image file

apptainer pull [-F|--force] path/to/image.sif docker://image:tag

Pull a container as a writable sandbox directory

apptainer pull --sandbox path/to/directory docker://image:tag

Pull a container without using the cache

apptainer pull --disable-cache path/to/image.sif docker://image:tag

Display help

apptainer pull [-h|--help]