Getting Started

Install Volt and run your first workload in under 2 minutes.

Prerequisites

• Linux (kernel 5.10+ recommended for full Landlock support)
• systemd 245+
• x86_64 architecture
• Root access (for initial installation)

Installation

# Install Volt
curl -sSL https://get.armoredgate.com/volt | sh

Verify the installation:

volt version

Your First Container

# Run a simple container
volt run --name hello alpine echo "Hello from Volt"

# Run nginx with port mapping
volt run --name web -p 8080:80 nginx

# Check running workloads
volt ps

Your First VM

When you need hardware-level isolation, Volt can run workloads as microVMs using Neutron Stardust:

# Create a microVM
volt vm create --name secure-vm --base alpine --memory 128M

# Start it
volt vm start secure-vm

# Check VM status
volt vm list

Next Steps

• Understand the architecture
• Learn container management
• Migrate from Docker