Command line

Run virtual machines from container images

Synopsis

Dicer runs virtual machines from container images on a single host.

Examples

  dicer run --name web -p 8080:80 nginx:1.27
  dicer ps
  dicer exec web -- nginx -t
  dicer logs -f web
  dicer rm -f web

Options

  -D, --debug              Trace every call to the daemon on stderr (or set $DICER_DEBUG)
  -h, --help               help for dicer
  -r, --remote string      Daemon to talk to: a remote's name, or an address (unix:///PATH or HOST:PORT) (default $DICER_REMOTE, then the current remote, then local)
      --timeout duration   Give up on a call to the daemon after this long, e.g. 30s (0: never; streams such as logs -f and exec are not bounded)

SEE ALSO

• dicer cp - Copy files between this machine and a running instance
• dicer create - Define an instance without starting it
• dicer events - Show what has happened to the instances and images on the host
• dicer exec - Run a command inside a running instance
• dicer image - Manage images
• dicer images - List pulled images
• dicer info - Show the daemon, and how much of its host is in use
• dicer inspect - Show everything about one or more instances
• dicer instance - Manage instances
• dicer kernel - Manage guest kernels
• dicer logs - Show an instance’s console output
• dicer network - Manage networks
• dicer pause - Pause one or more running instances
• dicer ps - List instances
• dicer pull - Pull an image and convert it to a bootable disk
• dicer remote - Manage the daemons this client talks to
• dicer rename - Rename a stopped instance
• dicer restart - Stop one or more instances if they are running, then start them
• dicer resume - Resume one or more paused instances
• dicer rm - Delete one or more instances
• dicer rmi - Delete one or more unused images
• dicer run - Create an instance from an image and start it
• dicer start - Start one or more defined instances
• dicer stop - Stop one or more running instances, keeping their definitions and disks
• dicer update - Change a stopped instance’s definition
• dicer version - Show the client’s version, and the daemon’s
• dicer volume - Manage volumes
• dicer wait - Wait until an instance stops, and exit with its status