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SINGULARITY(1) User Commands SINGULARITY(1)

NAME

singularity - Singularity containers command line interface

DESCRIPTION

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

Usage:

singularity [global options...]

Description:

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

OPTIONS

specify a configuration file (for root or unprivileged installation only) (default "/etc/singularity/singularity.conf")
print debugging information (highest verbosity)
help for singularity
print without color output (default False)
suppress normal output
only print errors
print additional information
--version
version for singularity

Available Commands:

Build a Singularity image
Manage the local cache
Manage Linux capabilities for users and groups
Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
Manage various singularity configuration (root user only)
Deletes requested image from the library
Run a command within a container
Help about any command
Show metadata for an image
Manage containers running as services
Manage OpenPGP keys
Manage singularity keyservers
Manage OCI containers
Manage an EXT3 writable overlay image
Manage Singularity plugins
Pull an image from a URI
Upload image to the provided URI
Manage authentication to OCI/Docker registries
Manage singularity remote endpoints
Run the user-defined default command within a container
run-help
Show the user-defined help for an image
Search a Container Library for images
Run a shell within a container
Manipulate Singularity Image Format (SIF) images
Add digital signature(s) to an image
Run the user-defined tests within a container
Verify digital signature(s) within an image
Show the version for Singularity

EXAMPLES

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

For additional help or support, please visit https://www.sylabs.io/docs/

October 2024 singularity 4.1.5+ds3-1+b2