apptainer(1)

okay so bestie, welcome to the apptainer(1) manual page 💖 — this one is all about the experimental checkpoint moment for a running instance, and we are keeping every single detail, no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

apptainer-checkpoint-instance — Checkpoint the state of a running instance (experimental) 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

apptainer checkpoint instance

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

The checkpoint instance command checkpoints an active instance by name, periodt. The instance must have been started with either --dmtcp-launch or --dmtcp-restart, fr fr.

⚠️ heads up bestie: the NAME line literally says experimental, so don’t forget that vibe check.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -h, --help[=false] — help for instance ✨
• -H, --home="/builddir" — a home directory specification. spec can either be a src path or a src:dest pair. src is the source path of the home directory outside the container, and dest overrides the home directory within the container 💖

🌸 EXAMPLE 🌸

To checkpoint an instance:
$ apptainer checkpoint instance example-instance

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• apptainer-checkpoint(1) — go peek at this one too 👑

⭐ HISTORY ⭐

• 22-Oct-2026 — Auto generated by spf13/cobra 🫶

---

mwah 💋 — this page was auto generated by spf13/cobra in Oct 2026, and it’s the apptainer(1) manual, periodt. 🫶