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Firecracker v1.13.1
optional arguments:
--api-sock <api-sock> Path to unix domain socket used by the API. [default: "/run/firecracker.socket"]
--boot-timer Whether or not to load boot timer device for logging elapsed time since InstanceStart command.
--config-file <config-file> Path to a file that contains the microVM configuration in JSON format.
--describe-snapshot <describe-snapshot> Print the data format version of the provided snapshot state file.
--enable-pci Enables PCIe support.
--help Show the help message.
--http-api-max-payload-size <http-api-max-payload-size> Http API request payload max size, in bytes. [default: "51200"]
--id <id> MicroVM unique identifier. [default: "anonymous-instance"]
--level <level> Set the logger level.
--log-path <log-path> Path to a fifo or a file used for configuring the logger on startup.
--metadata <metadata> Path to a file that contains metadata in JSON format to add to the mmds.
--metrics-path <metrics-path> Path to a fifo or a file used for configuring the metrics on startup.
--mmds-size-limit <mmds-size-limit> Mmds data store limit, in bytes.
--module <module> Set the logger module filter.
--no-api Optional parameter which allows starting and using a microVM without an active API socket.
--no-seccomp Optional parameter which allows starting and using a microVM without seccomp filtering. Not recommended.
--parent-cpu-time-us <parent-cpu-time-us> Parent process CPU time (wall clock, microseconds). This parameter is optional.
--seccomp-filter <seccomp-filter> Optional parameter which allows specifying the path to a custom seccomp filter. For advanced users.
--show-level Whether or not to output the level in the logs.
--show-log-origin Whether or not to include the file path and line number of the log's origin.
--snapshot-version Print the supported data format version.
--start-time-cpu-us <start-time-cpu-us> Process start CPU time (wall clock, microseconds). This parameter is optional.
--start-time-us <start-time-us> Process start time (wall clock, microseconds). This parameter is optional.
--version Print the binary version number.
2026-10-11T16:21:53.786380176 [anonymous-instance:main] Firecracker exiting successfully. exit_code=0