`minimald` - host daemon

minimald is the Minimal host daemon. It creates and supervises the sandboxed sessions that the min CLI connects to, speaking SSH over a Unix domain socket (or vsock when hosted inside the minvmd microVM). End users normally never run it by hand: min auto-starts a native daemon on Linux, and minvmd supervises it inside the microVM.

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Global flags

Flag	Short	Description
`--minimal-state-dir <PATH>`		Override the directory where state is stored (default: `$XDG_STATE_HOME/minimal`)
`--minimal-cache-dir <PATH>`		Override the directory where artifacts are cached (default: `$XDG_CACHE_HOME/minimal`)

Commands

`run`

minimald run [OPTIONS]

Runs the minimald server in the foreground.

Flag	Description
`--instance-num <N>`	Instance number for this minimald; determines client-relevant paths under `<minimal_state_dir>/providers/local-minimald<N>`. The SSH socket is accessible as `ssh.sock`. Default: `0`
`--vsock`	Host the SSH socket over vsock instead of UDS; the vsock port is the default port base plus `instance_num`
`--detach`	Daemonize: spawn minimald in a new session (setsid) and return once the SSH socket accepts connections, or an 8s timeout elapses. Used by the `min` CLI to auto-start a native daemon on Linux
`--gvproxy-bin <PATH>`	Path to the gvproxy (“gvisor-tap-vsock”) binary used for networking. Defaults to the installed location: the user-local `bin/gvproxy-min` the installer stamps, else the system install path.

`completions`

minimald completions <SHELL>

Generates a shell tab-completion script for minimald. Supported shells include bash, zsh, elvish, fish. Usage: source <(minimald completions bash).

Known issues

minimald accepts but ignores the hidden --stdlib-dir flag.

minimald - host daemon