generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://docs.ops.city/ops/basic_usage.md
name: ops
description: OPS is the first-party command-line tool for building and running Nanos
  unikernels locally and deploying them to any cloud with no devops.
repo: https://github.com/nanovms/ops
docs: https://docs.ops.city/
install:
- method: script
  command: curl https://ops.city/get.sh -sSfL | sh
- method: homebrew
  command: brew install nanovms/ops/ops
  tap: https://github.com/nanovms/homebrew-ops
- method: source
  command: go install github.com/nanovms/ops
  docs: https://docs.ops.city/ops/developer/source-installation.md
requirements:
- QEMU 2.5 or greater (local hypervisor)
commands:
- name: ops run
  summary: Run a compiled executable (e.g. a Go binary) as a unikernel.
- name: ops pkg
  summary: Work with packages; load and run interpreted-language apps from packages.
  subcommands:
  - ops pkg load    # download a package and run the app (e.g. eyberg/node:20.5.0)
  - ops pkg list    # list available packages from repo.ops.city
- name: ops image
  summary: Build and manage unikernel disk images.
- name: ops instance
  summary: Create, list and manage running unikernel instances (local or cloud).
- name: ops volume
  summary: Create and attach persistent storage volumes.
- name: ops net
  summary: Manage unikernel networking.
- name: ops deploy
  summary: Deploy a unikernel image to a target cloud.
- name: ops version
  summary: Print the installed ops version.
resource_surface:
- images
- instances
- volumes
- packages
- klibs
- crons
- networking
clouds:
- aws
- azure
- google-cloud
- digital-ocean
- hetzner
- ibm
- linode
- oci
- scaleway
- upcloud
- vultr
hypervisors:
- qemu
- firecracker
- bhyve
- docker
- hyper-v
- openvmm
- proxmox
- virtualbox
- vsphere
- openstack
notes: The ops binary is catalogued as a package in packages/nanovms-packages.yml;
  this file captures its command/resource surface.