apptainer-overlay-create - Man Page
Create EXT3 writable overlay image
Synopsis
apptainer overlay create image
Description
The overlay create command allows creating EXT3 writable overlay image either
as a single EXT3 image or by adding it automatically to an existing SIF image.
Options
--create-dir=[] directory to create as part of the overlay layout
-f, --fakeroot[=false] make overlay layout usable by actions run with --fakeroot
-h, --help[=false] help for create
-s, --size=64 size of the EXT3 writable overlay in MiB
-S, --sparse[=false] create a sparse overlay
Example
To create and add a writable overlay to an existing SIF image: $ apptainer overlay create --size 1024 /tmp/image.sif To create a single EXT3 writable overlay image: $ apptainer overlay create --size 1024 /tmp/my_overlay.img To create a sparse overlay when creating a new ext3 file system image: $ apptainer overlay create --size 1024 --sparse /tmp/ext3_overlay.img To create an EXT3 writable overlay image for use with --fakeroot actions: $ apptainer overlay create --fakeroot --size 1024 /tmp/my_overlay.img
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History
4-Dec-2024 Auto generated by spf13/cobra
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