Machines are stateful Linux VMs with persistent /home/machine storage. Files written in one execution are visible in the next. The machine stays running until you sleep or delete it.
Run a command Commands follow
execve(2) conventions. No shell. Wrap in
["/bin/bash", "-c", "..."] if you need one.
dedalus machines exec --machine-id dm- < i d > -- whoami
Patterns
dedalus machines exec --machine-id dm- < i d > -- apt-get install -y python3-pip
dedalus machines exec --machine-id dm- < i d > -- bash -c "cd /home/machine && git clone https://github.com/org/repo"
dedalus machines exec --machine-id dm- < i d > -- bash -c "cd /home/machine/repo && python -m pytest -v"
Start a background server
exec_cmd(client, "dm-<id>" , [ "/bin/bash" , "-c" , "nohup python server.py > /tmp/server.log 2>&1 &" ])
dedalus machines exec --machine-id dm- < i d > -- cat /home/machine/repo/output.json dedalus machines exec --machine-id dm- < i d > -- bash -c "echo 'hello' > /home/machine/test.txt"
dedalus machines exec --machine-id dm- < i d > -- bash -c "free -h && df -h /home/machine"
All paths under /home/machine persist across executions and across
sleep/wake cycles. The root filesystem is ephemeral.
