dagger/docs/reference/dagger/engine.md

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sidebar_label: engine
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# alpha.dagger.io/dagger/engine

```cue
import "alpha.dagger.io/dagger/engine"
```

## engine.#Context

### engine.#Context Inputs

_No input._

### engine.#Context Outputs

_No output._

## engine.#FS

A reference to a filesystem tree. For example:  - The root filesystem of a container  - A source code repository  - A directory containing binary artifacts Rule of thumb: if it fits in a tar archive, it fits in a #FS.

### engine.#FS Inputs

_No input._

### engine.#FS Outputs

_No output._

## engine.#ImageConfig

Container image config. See [OCI](https://opencontainers.org/). Spec left open on purpose to account for additional fields. [Image Spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/main/specs-go/v1/config.go) [Docker Superset](https://github.com/moby/buildkit/blob/master/frontend/dockerfile/dockerfile2llb/image.go)

### engine.#ImageConfig Inputs

_No input._

### engine.#ImageConfig Outputs

_No output._

## engine.#Plan

A deployment plan executed by `dagger up`

### engine.#Plan Inputs

_No input._

### engine.#Plan Outputs

_No output._

## engine.#Pull

Download a container image from a remote repository

### engine.#Pull Inputs

_No input._

### engine.#Pull Outputs

_No output._

## engine.#Secret

A reference to an external secret, for example:  - A password  - A SSH private key  - An API token Secrets are never merged in the Cue tree. They can only be used by a special filesystem mount designed to minimize leak risk.

### engine.#Secret Inputs

_No input._

### engine.#Secret Outputs

_No output._

## engine.#Service

A reference to a network service endpoint, for example:  - A TCP or UDP port  - A unix or npipe socket  - An HTTPS endpoint

### engine.#Service Inputs

_No input._

### engine.#Service Outputs

_No output._