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# cedana

Root command for Cedana

## Synopsis

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Instance Brokerage, Orchestration and Migration System. Property of Cedana, Corp.

v0.9.301-9-g43a606ff

## Options

```
      --address string          address to use (host:port for TCP, path for UNIX, cid:port for VSOCK)
      --config string           one-time config JSON string (merge with existing config)
      --config-dir string       custom config directory
  -h, --help                    help for cedana
      --init-config             initialize config file with defaults and env var overrides
      --merge-config            same as --init-config but does not overwrite existing config file, only merges new values into it
      --profiling               enable profiling/show profiling data
      --profiling-path string   path to write profiling JSON to (if enabled)
      --protocol string         protocol to use (TCP, UNIX, VSOCK)
```

## SEE ALSO

* [cedana attach](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_attach.md) - Attach stdin/out/err to a process/container
* [cedana check](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_check.md) - Health check
* [cedana checkpoint](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_checkpoint.md) - Manage job checkpoints (alias of `job checkpoint`)
* [cedana checkpoints](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_checkpoints.md) - List all checkpoints for a job (alias of `checkpoint list <JID>`)
* [cedana completion](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_completion.md) - Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
* [cedana daemon](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_daemon.md) - Manage the daemon
* [cedana delete](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_delete.md) - Delete a managed process/container (job) (alias of `job delete <JID>...`)
* [cedana dump](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_dump.md) - Dump a container/process
* [cedana dump-vm](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_dump-vm.md) - Dump a VM
* [cedana exec](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_exec.md) - Run a managed process (job) (alias of `run process <path> [args...]`)
* [cedana features](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_features.md) - Show feature matrix of plugins (alias of `plugin features [plugin]...`)
* [cedana freeze](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_freeze.md) - Freeze a container/process
* [cedana job](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_job.md) - Manage jobs
* [cedana jobs](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_jobs.md) - List all managed processes/containers (jobs) (alias of `job list`)
* [cedana k8s](https://github.com/cedana/cedana/tree/main/docs/references/cli/cedana_k8s.md) - Helper for setting up and running in Kubernetes
* [cedana kill](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_kill.md) - Kill a managed process/container (job) (alias of `job kill <JID>...`)
* [cedana manage](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_manage.md) - Manage an existing/upcoming process/container (create a job)
* [cedana plugin](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_plugin.md) - Manage plugins
* [cedana plugins](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_plugins.md) - List plugins (specify plugin @ to filter) (alias of `plugin list [plugin]...`)
* [cedana ps](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_ps.md) - List all managed processes/containers (jobs) (alias of `job list`)
* [cedana query](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_query.md) - Query containers/processes
* [cedana restore](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_restore.md) - Restore a container/process
* [cedana run](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_run.md) - Run a managed process/container (create a job)
* [cedana slurm](https://github.com/cedana/cedana/tree/main/docs/references/cli/cedana_slurm.md) - Helper for setting up and running in Slurm
* [cedana unfreeze](/daemon/references/cli/cedana_unfreeze.md) - Unfreeze a container/process
* [cedana version](https://github.com/cedana/cedana/tree/main/docs/references/cli/cedana_version.md) - Print the version of Cedana