Sandbox Commands

# Ephemeral: runs and cleans up
msb run python -- python -c "print('hello')"

# Named: persists after exit
msb run --name devbox ubuntu -- bash

# With volumes, ports, and environment
msb run --name api \
  -v ./src:/app \
  -v pydata:/data \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -e DEBUG=true \
  -w /app \
  python

# Detached (runs in background)
msb run -d --name worker python -- python worker.py

# Publish on all IPv4 host interfaces instead of the default 127.0.0.1
msb run --name public-api -p 0.0.0.0:8000:8000 python

<action>[:<direction>]@<target>[:<proto>[:<ports>]]

# Allowlist: deny by default, allow specific destinations
msb run alpine --net-default deny --net-rule "[email protected],allow@*.githubusercontent.com"

# Blocklist: allow by default, deny specific destinations
msb run alpine --net-default allow --net-rule "deny@*.tracking.com,deny@*.ads.example"

# Airgapped: equivalent to `--net-default deny`
msb run alpine --no-net

# Airgapped except one host (allowlist with --no-net sugar)
msb run alpine --no-net --net-rule "[email protected]"

msb create python --name worker -c 2 -m 1G
msb create --replace python --name worker            # Replace existing
msb create --replace-with-grace 30s python --name worker  # Give the old one 30s to exit
msb create --replace-with-grace 0 python --name worker    # SIGKILL immediately

msb start devbox

msb stop devbox                # Graceful shutdown (10s grace)
msb stop --force devbox        # Force kill immediately
msb stop -t 30 devbox          # 30s grace before force kill

msb exec devbox -- python -c "print('hello')"
msb exec devbox -- ls -la /app

# Captured user-program output (default sources: stdout + stderr + output)
msb logs devbox

# Tail and follow
msb logs devbox --tail 100
msb logs devbox -f --grep ERROR

# Time-bounded
msb logs devbox --since 5m
msb logs devbox --since 2026-04-30T20:00:00Z --until 5m

# JSON Lines passthrough — feed to jq, vector, etc.
msb logs devbox --json | jq 'select(.s == "stderr")'

# Multi-session view: prefix each line with [id:N] so you can tell sessions apart
msb logs devbox --show-id

# Color each session's output a distinct color (implies --show-id)
msb logs devbox --color-sessions

# Include runtime/kernel diagnostics
msb logs devbox --source system
msb logs devbox --source all                # everything, chronologically merged

msb ls                    # All sandboxes (running and stopped)
msb ls --running          # Running sandboxes only
msb ls --stopped          # Stopped sandboxes only
msb ls --format json      # JSON output
msb ls -q                 # Names only

msb ps                    # Running sandboxes
msb ps my-app             # Single sandbox
msb ps -a                 # All sandboxes (including stopped)
msb ps --format json      # JSON output

msb metrics               # All running sandboxes
msb metrics my-app        # Single sandbox
msb metrics --format json # JSON output

msb inspect devbox
msb inspect devbox --format json

msb rm devbox
msb rm --force devbox     # Stop and remove in one step
msb rm worker-1 worker-2  # Remove multiple

msb install ubuntu                   # Install as 'ubuntu' command
msb install --name nodebox node      # Custom command name
msb install --tmp alpine             # Fresh sandbox every invocation
msb install -c 2 -m 1G python  # With resource limits
msb install --list                   # List installed commands

msb uninstall nodebox
msb uninstall ubuntu alpine   # Remove multiple

msb self update               # Update msb and libkrunfw to latest
msb self update --force       # Re-download even if up to date
msb self uninstall            # Remove msb (with confirmation prompt)
msb self uninstall --yes      # Skip confirmation