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Start a Sailbox, run code inside it, inspect the filesystem, and clean it up.
1

Create a Sail account

Sign up at the Sail dashboard.
2

Install the Sail CLI

3

Create and connect to your first Sailbox

Open the Sail shell:
Create a Sailbox and connect to it as root:
You are now inside the Sailbox. Run anything you like, then leave it:
Back in the Sail shell, watch live usage, then clean up:

Next steps

  • Build custom dependencies into the root filesystem with Images.
  • Learn runtime file transfer in Filesystem.
  • Expose HTTP, raw TCP, and SSH with Networking.
  • Limit what a Sailbox can reach with Network policy.
  • Checkpoint, clone from checkpoints, pause, and sleep VMs in Lifecycle.
  • Create and operate Sailboxes from any language over the HTTP API.