singularity(1)

singularity1

Linux container platform optimized for high performance computing (hpc) and enterprise performance computing (epc)

Part of apptainer(1).

Usage

apptainer [global options ...]

Overview

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

Options

--build-config[=false]
use configuration needed for building containers

-c, --config="/etc/apptainer/apptainer.conf"
specify a configuration file (for root or unprivileged installation only)

-d, --debug[=false]
print debugging information (highest verbosity)

-h, --help[=false]
help for apptainer

--nocolor[=false]
print without color output (default False)

-q, --quiet[=false]
suppress normal output

-s, --silent[=false]
only print errors

-v, --verbose[=false]
print additional information

Examples

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

History

22-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

From apptainer 1.5.4-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.