apptainer config global

Edit apptainer.conf from command line (root user only or unprivileged installation)

Synopsis

The config global command allow administrators to set/unset/get/reset configuration directives of apptainer.conf from command line.

apptainer config global <option> <directive> [value,...]

Examples

To add a path to "bind path" directive:
$ apptainer config global --set "bind path" /etc/resolv.conf

To remove a path from "bind path" directive:
$ apptainer config global --unset "bind path" /etc/resolv.conf

To set "bind path" to the default value:
$ apptainer config global --reset "bind path"

To get "bind path" directive value:
$ apptainer config global --get "bind path"

To display the resulting configuration instead of writing it to file:
$ apptainer config global --dry-run --set "bind path" /etc/resolv.conf

Options

-d, --dry-run   dump resulting configuration on stdout but doesn't write it to apptainer.conf
-g, --get       get value of the configuration directive
-h, --help      help for global
-r, --reset     reset the configuration directive value to its default value
-s, --set       set value of the configuration directive (for multi-value directives, it will add it)
-u, --unset     unset value of the configuration directive (for multi-value directives, it will remove matching values)

SEE ALSO

apptainer config - Manage various apptainer configuration (root user only)

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