The crun-vm OCI Runtime

crun-vm is an OCI Runtime that enables Podman, Docker, and Kubernetes to run QEMU-compatible Virtual Machine (VM) images. This means you can:

• Run VMs as easily as you run containers.
• Manage containers and VMs together using the same standard tooling.

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Quick start Install crun-vm: $ dnf install crun-vm Launch a VM from a disk image packaged in a container: $ podman run --runtime crun-vm -it \ quay.io/containerdisks/fedora:40 Launch a VM from a disk image under my-image-dir/: $ podman run --runtime crun-vm -it \ --rootfs my-image-dir/ Launch a VM from a bootable container: $ podman run --runtime crun-vm -it \ quay.io/crun-vm/example-fedora-bootc:40 Set the password for a VM's default user: $ podman run --runtime crun-vm -it \ quay.io/containerdisks/fedora:40 \ --password pass # for user "fedora" Exec (ssh) into a VM: $ podman exec -it --latest -- --as fedora

Major features Control VM CPU and memory allocation. Pass cloud-init or Ignition configs to VMs. Mount directories into VMs. Pass block devices through to VMs. Expose additional disk images to VMs. Forward ports from the host to VMs. podman|docker|kubectl exec into VMs. Documentation Installing crun-vm Running VMs with Podman or Docker Running VMs as systemd services Running VMs in Kubernetes crun-vm(1) man page License This project is released under the GPL 2.0 (or later) license. See LICENSE.