Concepts
Works locallyWorks in the local build today.
Every word is defined once here.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Sandbox | A full Linux VM with its own kernel and disk |
| Sleep | Save memory and disk, and release RAM. Billed like running. Programs keep their state |
| Stop | Save the disk and release the machine. Not billed. Memory is dropped |
| Resume | Start a stopped sandbox again |
| Wake | Bring a sleeping sandbox back |
| Fork | Make a new sandbox that copies another, with new identity |
| Snapshot | A saved state, with disk and optionally memory |
| Template | A named, versioned snapshot for starting new sandboxes |
| Environment | Variables, files and repositories a sandbox starts with |
| Tier | Shared or Spot, at the same price: Spot can be preempted |
| Location | Where a sandbox runs: always the EU region, at a site HareBox chooses in an EU country (France at launch) |
| Fleet | A group of sandboxes held at a desired size |
| Budget | A dollar limit with an action, such as sleep or stop |
| Condition | A flag on a state, such as migrating or nested_active |
The same state names are used in the API, CLI, dashboard, webhooks and logs. See Lifecycle.