| ambient | ambient capability support | kernel 4.3 |
### Running the test suite
`runc` currently supports running its test suite via Docker.
To run the suite just type `make test`.
```bash
make test
```
There are additional make targets for running the tests outside of a container but this is not recommended as the tests are written with the expectation that they can write and remove anywhere.
You can run a specific test case by setting the `TESTFLAGS` variable.
If you used the unmodified `runc spec` template this should give you a `sh` session inside the container.
The second way to start a container is using the specs lifecycle operations.
This gives you more power over how the container is created and managed while it is running.
This will also launch the container in the background so you will have to edit the `config.json` to remove the `terminal` setting for the simple examples here.
Your process field in the `config.json` should look like this below with `"terminal": false` and `"args": ["sleep", "5"]`.
# view the container is created and in the "created" state
runc list
# start the process inside the container
runc start mycontainerid
# after 5 seconds view that the container has exited and is now in the stopped state
runc list
# now delete the container
runc delete mycontainerid
```
This adds more complexity but allows higher level systems to manage runc and provides points in the containers creation to setup various settings after the container has created and/or before it is deleted.
This is commonly used to setup the container's network stack after `create` but before `start` where the user's defined process will be running.
`runc` has the ability to run containers without root privileges. This is called `rootless`. You need to pass some parameters to `runc` in order to run rootless containers. See below and compare with the previous version. Run the following commands as an ordinary user:
# The --rootless parameter instructs runc spec to generate a configuration for a rootless container, which will allow you to run the container as a non-root user.
runc spec --rootless
# The --root parameter tells runc where to store the container state. It must be writable by the user.
