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Terminology

  • Commit: A commit operation saves the current state of a sandbox as a template, resulting in a new template of type snapshot template.
  • Origin Sandbox: The sandbox instance being committed.
  • Snapshot Template: The template generated after a commit operation.

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Feature Description

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Committing a Running Sandbox

During the commit process:
  • The origin sandbox will be briefly suspended during committing;
  • The sandbox instance is unavailable during suspension;
  • The suspension duration is close to the time required for a single pause operation.
After committing is complete: Origin Sandbox:
  • The existing pause record will be refreshed to a new pause record, based on the current sandbox state;
  • The origin sandbox continues to run;
  • A new template record is generated.

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Committing a Paused Sandbox

During the commit process:
  • The commit process will not trigger the origin sandbox to start;
  • The origin sandbox remains in paused state.
After committing is complete: Origin Sandbox:
  • The existing pause record is not cleared;
  • A new template record is generated.

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Parameter Description

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
sandbox_idstringYesThe ID of the sandbox instance to commit
aliasstringNoSet an alias for the generated template

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Return Value

After a successful commit operation, a Template object is returned.

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Code Examples

from novita_sandbox.core import Sandbox

# Commit an existing sandbox by ID to create a template snapshot
# sandbox_id: str - Required. The ID of the sandbox to commit
# alias: Optional[str] - Optional alias name for the created template
# Note: Default timeout is 10 minutes for commit operation
template = Sandbox.commit(
    sandbox_id="existing-sandbox-id",
    alias="my-template-alias"
)
print(f"Template ID: {template.template_id}")
print(f"Build ID: {template.build_id}")
Additionally, you can also use the Novita Sandbox CLI to commit a specified sandbox instance:
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# Basic commit - creates a template snapshot from a sandbox
novita-sandbox-cli sandbox commit <sandboxID>

# Commit with alias - assign a friendly name to the template
novita-sandbox-cli sandbox commit <sandboxID> --alias my-template-alias