Sandboxes

Create isolated development environments from templates.

What Are Sandboxes?

Sandboxes are preconfigured development environments. Each sandbox runs in its own isolated context with a dedicated filesystem, network, and set of tools.

Think of them as disposable workspaces. Create one for a task, work inside it, and tear it down when you are done. Nothing leaks into your host system.

Create a Sandbox

Click Sandboxes in the sidebar, then New Sandbox.

Choose a template or start from a base image. Configure an optional name and resource limits.

The sandbox starts in seconds. ArcBox opens a terminal session automatically.

Sandbox Lifecycle

New Sandbox Start Stop Resume Destroy Destroy Created Running Stopped

Stop preserves the sandbox state. You can resume later exactly where you left off.

Destroy removes the sandbox and all its data permanently.

Use Cases

Experimenting

Try a new tool or library without affecting your system.

Reproducing Bugs

Spin up a clean environment matching a reported issue.

Training

Provide students with identical, disposable environments.

Security

Run untrusted code in a fully isolated context.

Templates

See Templates for available pre-built sandbox configurations.

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