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/usr/bin/krun

Fast and lightweight fully featured OCI runtime and C library for running containers

From crun 1.30.1-r0 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running krun --help (exit 0). permalink

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Usage: krun [OPTION...] COMMAND [OPTION...]

COMMANDS:
	create      - create a container
	delete      - remove definition for a container
	exec        - exec a command in a running container
	features    - show the enabled features
	list        - list known containers
	mounts      - add or remove mounts from a running container
	kill        - send a signal to the container init process
	ps          - show the processes in the container
	run         - run a container
	spec        - generate a configuration file
	start       - start a container
	state       - output the state of a container
	pause       - pause all the processes in the container
	resume      - unpause the processes in the container
	update      - update container resource constraints

      --cgroup-manager=MANAGER   cgroup manager
      --debug                produce verbose output, similar to
                             --log-level=debug
      --log=FILE             log destination: '[file:]PATH', 'journald:ID' or
                             'syslog:ID' (defaults to stderr)
      --log-format=FORMAT    log format: 'text' (default) or 'json'
      --log-level=LEVEL      log level to use: 'error' (default), 'warning' or
                             'debug'
      --root=DIR
      --rootless=VALUE
      --systemd-cgroup       use systemd cgroups
  -?, --help                 Give this help list
      --usage                Give a short usage message
  -v, -V, --version

Report bugs to https://github.com/containers/crun/issues.
Options (11)
OptionDescriptionSource
--cgroup-manager MANAGERcgroup managerhelp
--debugproduce verbose output, similar tohelp
--log FILElog destination: '[file:]PATH', 'journald:ID' or 'syslog:ID' (defaults to stderr)help
--log-format FORMATlog format: 'text' (default) or 'json'help
--log-level LEVELlog level to use: 'error' (default), 'warning' or 'debug'help
--root DIRhelp
--rootless VALUEhelp
--systemd-cgroupuse systemd cgroupshelp
-?, --helpGive this help listhelp
--usageGive a short usage messagehelp
-v, -V, --versionhelp

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