kurtosis-tech Dump
Export Kurtosis state for debugging and sharing.
Dump entire Kurtosis state
kurtosis dump /tmp/kurtosis-dump
This exports everything: engine state, all enclaves, services, logs.
Dump a specific enclave
kurtosis enclave dump <enclave-name> /tmp/enclave-dump
What gets exported
The dump directory contains:
- Service logs — stdout/stderr from each service
- Service configs — how each service was configured
- File artifacts — all files stored in the enclave
- Enclave metadata — creation time, status, parameters
Directory structure
/tmp/enclave-dump/
service-1/
spec.json # Service configuration
output.log # Service logs
service-2/
spec.json
output.log
files-artifacts/
artifact-name/
file1.yaml
file2.json
Common uses
Share a bug report
# Dump the problematic enclave
kurtosis enclave dump failing-enclave /tmp/bug-report
# Compress for sharing
tar czf bug-report.tar.gz -C /tmp bug-report
Compare two runs
kurtosis enclave dump run-1 /tmp/dump-1
kurtosis enclave dump run-2 /tmp/dump-2
diff -r /tmp/dump-1 /tmp/dump-2
Capture state before cleanup
# Dump everything before cleaning
kurtosis dump /tmp/pre-clean-dump
kurtosis clean -a