3 files changed, 51 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/options.go b/libpod/options.go
index ee44439ac..ddc5993af 100644
--- a/libpod/options.go
+++ b/libpod/options.go
@@ -463,6 +463,28 @@ func WithMigrate() RuntimeOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithMigrateRuntime instructs Libpod to change the default OCI runtime on all
+// containers during a migration. This is not used if `MigrateRuntime()` is not
+// also passed.
+// Libpod makes no promises that your containers continue to work with the new
+// runtime - migrations between dissimilar runtimes may well break things.
+// Use with caution.
+func WithMigrateRuntime(requestedRuntime string) RuntimeOption {
+	return func(rt *Runtime) error {
+		if rt.valid {
+			return define.ErrRuntimeFinalized
+		}
+
+		if requestedRuntime == "" {
+			return errors.Wrapf(define.ErrInvalidArg, "must provide a non-empty name for new runtime")
+		}
+
+		rt.migrateRuntime = requestedRuntime
+
+		return nil
+	}
+}
+
 // WithEventsLogger sets the events backend to use.
 // Currently supported values are "file" for file backend and "journald" for
 // journald backend.
diff --git a/libpod/runtime.go b/libpod/runtime.go
index cdb5670ba..53165b830 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime.go
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ type Runtime struct {
 	doRenumber bool
 
 	doMigrate bool
+	// System migrate can move containers to a new runtime.
+	// We make no promises that these migrated containers work on the new
+	// runtime, though.
+	migrateRuntime string
 
 	// valid indicates whether the runtime is ready to use.
 	// valid is set to true when a runtime is returned from GetRuntime(),
diff --git a/libpod/runtime_migrate.go b/libpod/runtime_migrate.go
index c363991e6..d85652232 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime_migrate.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime_migrate.go
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@ package libpod
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/rootless"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -63,11 +64,34 @@ func (r *Runtime) migrate(ctx context.Context) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Did the user request a new runtime?
+	runtimeChangeRequested := r.migrateRuntime != ""
+	requestedRuntime, runtimeExists := r.ociRuntimes[r.migrateRuntime]
+	if !runtimeExists && runtimeChangeRequested {
+		return errors.Wrapf(define.ErrInvalidArg, "change to runtime %q requested but no such runtime is defined", r.migrateRuntime)
+	}
+
 	for _, ctr := range allCtrs {
+		needsWrite := false
+
+		// Reset pause process location
 		oldLocation := filepath.Join(ctr.state.RunDir, "conmon.pid")
 		if ctr.config.ConmonPidFile == oldLocation {
 			logrus.Infof("changing conmon PID file for %s", ctr.ID())
 			ctr.config.ConmonPidFile = filepath.Join(ctr.config.StaticDir, "conmon.pid")
+			needsWrite = true
+		}
+
+		// Reset runtime
+		if runtimeChangeRequested {
+			logrus.Infof("Resetting container %s runtime to runtime %s", ctr.ID(), r.migrateRuntime)
+			ctr.config.OCIRuntime = r.migrateRuntime
+			ctr.ociRuntime = requestedRuntime
+
+			needsWrite = true
+		}
+
+		if needsWrite {
 			if err := r.state.RewriteContainerConfig(ctr, ctr.config); err != nil {
 				return errors.Wrapf(err, "error rewriting config for container %s", ctr.ID())
 			}