runc/man/runc-exec.8.md

% 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)