runc-exec(8)

NAME

runc exec - execute new process inside the container

SYNOPSIS

runc exec [command options] <container-id> -- <container command> [args...]

Where "<container-id>" is the name for the instance of the container and "<container command>" is the command to be executed in the container.

EXAMPLE

For example, if the container is configured to run the linux ps command the following will output a list of processes running in the container:

       # runc exec <container-id> ps

OPTIONS

    --console value                          specify the pty slave path for use with the container
    --cwd value                              current working directory in the container
    --env value, -e value                    set environment variables
    --tty, -t                                allocate a pseudo-TTY
    --user value, -u value                   UID (format: <uid>[:<gid>])
    --additional-gids value, -g value        additional gids
    --process value, -p value                path to the process.json
    --detach, -d                             detach from the container's process
    --pid-file value                         specify the file to write the process id to
    --process-label value                    set the asm process label for the process commonly used with selinux
    --apparmor value                         set the apparmor profile for the process
    --no-new-privs                           set the no new privileges value for the process
    --cap value, -c value                    add a capability to the bounding set for the process
    --no-subreaper                           disable the use of the subreaper used to reap reparented processes
    --preserve-fds value                     pass N additional file descriptors to the container (stdio + $LISTEN_FDS + N in total) (default: 0)