runc: "start" requires a minimum of 1 argument

Question

I followed this runc tutorial and then sought to replicate it on my own machine.

The final command is 'sudo runc start' when in a directory with a config.json and rootfs directory.

Works fine in the tutorial, however on my machine I get the error runc: "start" requires a minimum of 1 argument

Anyone know how to resolve?

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '16 at 08:02

You need to specify a name for the container. Also note that recently the UX for runC changed. You'll want to do this:

% runc run container-name

Or to use the create-start split commands:

% runc create container-name # Creates the container.
% runc start container-name # Starts the container process.

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