Reference

singularity-oci-update(1)

Update container cgroups resources (root user only)

NAME

apptainer-oci-update - Update container cgroups resources (root user only)

SYNOPSIS

apptainer oci update [update options...]

DESCRIPTION

Update will update cgroups resources for the specified container ID. Container
must be in a RUNNING or CREATED state.

OPTIONS

-f, --from-file=""
specify path to OCI JSON cgroups resource file ('-' to read from STDIN)

-h, --help[=false]
help for update

EXAMPLE

  $ apptainer oci update --from-file /tmp/cgroups-update.json mycontainer
  or to update from stdin :
  $ cat /tmp/cgroups-update.json | apptainer oci update --from-file - mycontainer

SEE ALSO

apptainer-oci(1)

HISTORY

22-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra