apptainer shell

linux

Start an interactive shell within an Apptainer container. See also: `apptainer exec`, `apptainer run`.

Options (4)

-B, --bindboolean

Start a shell with a bind mount from host to container

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

-C, --containallboolean

Start a shell in fully isolated mode (contained filesystem, PID, IPC, and clean environment)

Example: apptainer shell {{[-C|--containall]}} {{path/to/image.sif}}

-s, --shellboolean

Start a shell using a specific shell program

Example: apptainer shell {{[-s|--shell]}} {{path/to/shell}} {{path/to/image.sif}}

-h, --helpboolean

Display help

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

Start an interactive shell inside a container

apptainer shell path/to/image.sif

Start a shell with a bind mount from host to container

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

Start a shell with environment variables

apptainer shell --env variable=value path/to/image.sif

Start a shell in fully isolated mode (contained filesystem, PID, IPC, and clean environment)

apptainer shell [-C|--containall] path/to/image.sif

Start a shell with a writable temporary filesystem overlay

apptainer shell --writable-tmpfs path/to/image.sif

Start a shell with NVIDIA GPU support

apptainer shell --nv path/to/image.sif

Start a shell using a specific shell program

apptainer shell [-s|--shell] path/to/shell path/to/image.sif

Display help

apptainer shell [-h|--help]