The ilo devcontainer command can be configured with the following command line options. From your terminal, use ilo devcontainer --help to get a list of all options, and their default values.

--debug

The --debug option toggles whether ilo should print the runtime commands into your terminal before executing them. This can be useful in case you want to move away from ilo and just use your preferred runtime instead.

# print runtime commands
$ ilo devcontainer --debug

# do not print runtime commands
$ ilo devcontainer --debug=false
$ ilo devcontainer

By default, --debug is not enabled.

--mount-project-dir

The --mount-project-dir option can be used to toggle whether the current directory should be mounted into the container.

# mount current directory into container
$ ilo devcontainer --mount-project-dir

# do not mount directory
$ ilo devcontainer --no-mount-project-dir
$ ilo devcontainer --mount-project-dir=false

# mount directory
$ ilo devcontainer

By default, --mount-project-dir is enabled.

--pull

The --pull option can be used to pull the specified image before opening a new shell. This is especially useful for teams using a latest tag for their image. The image will only pulled in case the registry contains a newer image than locally available.

# pull image before opening shell
$ ilo devcontainer --pull

# do not pull image before opening shell
$ ilo devcontainer --no-pull
$ ilo devcontainer --pull=false

# do not pull image before opening shell
$ ilo devcontainer

By default, --pull is not enabled.

--remove-image

The --remove-image option causes ilo to remove the specified image from your local system after you close your shell, or the non-interactive commands finishes.

# remove image after shell was closed
$ ilo devcontainer --remove-image

# do not remove image
$ ilo devcontainer --no-remove-image
$ ilo devcontainer --remove-image=false
$ ilo devcontainer

By default, --remove-image is not enabled.

--compose-runtime / -C

The --compose-runtime option can be used to force the usage of a specific compose runtime.

# force to use podman-compose
$ ilo devcontainer --compose-runtime podman-compose

# force to use docker-compose
$ ilo devcontainer --compose-runtime docker-compose

# auto select
$ ilo devcontainer

In case no --compose-runtime is specified, ilo devcontainer will automatically select one of the runtimes installed on your local system and prefers docker-compose over podman-compose.

--shell-runtime / -S

The --shell-runtime option can be used to force the usage of a specific shell runtime.

# force to use podman
$ ilo devcontainer --shell-runtime podman

# force to use docker
$ ilo devcontainer --shell-runtime docker

# force to use nerdctl
$ ilo devcontainer --shell-runtime nerdctl

# auto select
$ ilo devcontainer