v2podman container create

create a container in podmanv2 using specgen approach.  this is the core implementation and still has quite a bit of code commented out specifically around volumes, devices, and namespaces.  need contributions from smes on these parts.

Signed-off-by: Brent Baude <bbaude@redhat.com>

11 files changed, 1735 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/Makefile b/cmd/podmanV2/Makefile
index f2f7bd73c..b847a9385 100644
--- a/cmd/podmanV2/Makefile
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/Makefile
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 all:
-	GO111MODULE=off go build -tags 'ABISupport systemd'
+	CGO_ENABLED=1 GO111MODULE=off go build -tags 'ABISupport systemd seccomp'
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/common/create.go b/cmd/podmanV2/common/create.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..724ed2f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/common/create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,534 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	buildahcli "github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/cli"
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/cliconfig"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+const (
+	sizeWithUnitFormat = "(format: `<number>[<unit>]`, where unit = b (bytes), k (kilobytes), m (megabytes), or g (gigabytes))"
+)
+
+var (
+	defaultContainerConfig = getDefaultContainerConfig()
+)
+
+func getDefaultContainerConfig() *config.Config {
+	defaultContainerConfig, err := config.Default()
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.Error(err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+	return defaultContainerConfig
+}
+
+func GetCreateFlags(cf *ContainerCLIOpts) *pflag.FlagSet {
+	//createFlags := c.Flags()
+	createFlags := pflag.FlagSet{}
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.Annotation,
+		"annotation", []string{},
+		"Add annotations to container (key:value)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVarP(
+		&cf.Attach,
+		"attach", "a", []string{},
+		"Attach to STDIN, STDOUT or STDERR",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.Authfile,
+		"authfile", buildahcli.GetDefaultAuthFile(),
+		"Path of the authentication file. Use REGISTRY_AUTH_FILE environment variable to override",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.BlkIOWeight,
+		"blkio-weight", "",
+		"Block IO weight (relative weight) accepts a weight value between 10 and 1000.",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.BlkIOWeightDevice,
+		"blkio-weight-device", []string{},
+		"Block IO weight (relative device weight, format: `DEVICE_NAME:WEIGHT`)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.CapAdd,
+		"cap-add", []string{},
+		"Add capabilities to the container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.CapDrop,
+		"cap-drop", []string{},
+		"Drop capabilities from the container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.CGroupsNS,
+		"cgroupns", getDefaultCgroupNS(),
+		"cgroup namespace to use",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.CGroups,
+		"cgroups", "enabled",
+		`control container cgroup configuration ("enabled"|"disabled"|"no-conmon")`,
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.CGroupParent,
+		"cgroup-parent", "",
+		"Optional parent cgroup for the container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.CIDFile,
+		"cidfile", "",
+		"Write the container ID to the file",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.ConmonPIDFile,
+		"conmon-pidfile", "",
+		"Path to the file that will receive the PID of conmon",
+	)
+	createFlags.Uint64Var(
+		&cf.CPUPeriod,
+		"cpu-period", 0,
+		"Limit the CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period",
+	)
+	createFlags.Int64Var(
+		&cf.CPUQuota,
+		"cpu-quota", 0,
+		"Limit the CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota",
+	)
+	createFlags.Uint64Var(
+		&cf.CPURTPeriod,
+		"cpu-rt-period", 0,
+		"Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds",
+	)
+	createFlags.Int64Var(
+		&cf.CPURTRuntime,
+		"cpu-rt-runtime", 0,
+		"Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds",
+	)
+	createFlags.Uint64Var(
+		&cf.CPUShares,
+		"cpu-shares", 0,
+		"CPU shares (relative weight)",
+	)
+	createFlags.Float64Var(
+		&cf.CPUS,
+		"cpus", 0,
+		"Number of CPUs. The default is 0.000 which means no limit",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.CPUSetCPUs,
+		"cpuset-cpus", "",
+		"CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.CPUSetMems,
+		"cpuset-mems", "",
+		"Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). Only effective on NUMA systems.",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVarP(
+		&cf.Detach,
+		"detach", "d", false,
+		"Run container in background and print container ID",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.DetachKeys,
+		"detach-keys", getDefaultDetachKeys(),
+		"Override the key sequence for detaching a container. Format is a single character `[a-Z]` or a comma separated sequence of `ctrl-<value>`, where `<value>` is one of: `a-cf`, `@`, `^`, `[`, `\\`, `]`, `^` or `_`",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.Device,
+		"device", getDefaultDevices(),
+		fmt.Sprintf("Add a host device to the container"),
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.DeviceCGroupRule,
+		"device-cgroup-rule", []string{},
+		"Add a rule to the cgroup allowed devices list",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.DeviceReadBPs,
+		"device-read-bps", []string{},
+		"Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device (e.g. --device-read-bps=/dev/sda:1mb)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.DeviceReadIOPs,
+		"device-read-iops", []string{},
+		"Limit read rate (IO per second) from a device (e.g. --device-read-iops=/dev/sda:1000)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.DeviceWriteBPs,
+		"device-write-bps", []string{},
+		"Limit write rate (bytes per second) to a device (e.g. --device-write-bps=/dev/sda:1mb)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.DeviceWriteIOPs,
+		"device-write-iops", []string{},
+		"Limit write rate (IO per second) to a device (e.g. --device-write-iops=/dev/sda:1000)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.Entrypoint,
+		"entrypoint", "",
+		"Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringArrayVarP(
+		&cf.env,
+		"env", "e", getDefaultEnv(),
+		"Set environment variables in container",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.EnvHost,
+		"env-host", false, "Use all current host environment variables in container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.EnvFile,
+		"env-file", []string{},
+		"Read in a file of environment variables",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.Expose,
+		"expose", []string{},
+		"Expose a port or a range of ports",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.GIDMap,
+		"gidmap", []string{},
+		"GID map to use for the user namespace",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.GroupAdd,
+		"group-add", []string{},
+		"Add additional groups to join",
+	)
+	createFlags.Bool(
+		"help", false, "",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.HealthCmd,
+		"health-cmd", "",
+		"set a healthcheck command for the container ('none' disables the existing healthcheck)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.HealthInterval,
+		"health-interval", cliconfig.DefaultHealthCheckInterval,
+		"set an interval for the healthchecks (a value of disable results in no automatic timer setup)",
+	)
+	createFlags.UintVar(
+		&cf.HealthRetries,
+		"health-retries", cliconfig.DefaultHealthCheckRetries,
+		"the number of retries allowed before a healthcheck is considered to be unhealthy",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.HealthStartPeriod,
+		"health-start-period", cliconfig.DefaultHealthCheckStartPeriod,
+		"the initialization time needed for a container to bootstrap",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.HealthTimeout,
+		"health-timeout", cliconfig.DefaultHealthCheckTimeout,
+		"the maximum time allowed to complete the healthcheck before an interval is considered failed",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVarP(
+		&cf.Hostname,
+		"hostname", "h", "",
+		"Set container hostname",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.HTTPProxy,
+		"http-proxy", true,
+		"Set proxy environment variables in the container based on the host proxy vars",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.ImageVolume,
+		"image-volume", cliconfig.DefaultImageVolume,
+		`Tells podman how to handle the builtin image volumes ("bind"|"tmpfs"|"ignore")`,
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.Init,
+		"init", false,
+		"Run an init binary inside the container that forwards signals and reaps processes",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.InitPath,
+		"init-path", getDefaultInitPath(),
+		// Do not use  the Value field for setting the default value to determine user input (i.e., non-empty string)
+		fmt.Sprintf("Path to the container-init binary"),
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVarP(
+		&cf.Interactive,
+		"interactive", "i", false,
+		"Keep STDIN open even if not attached",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.IPC,
+		"ipc", getDefaultIPCNS(),
+		"IPC namespace to use",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.KernelMemory,
+		"kernel-memory", "",
+		"Kernel memory limit "+sizeWithUnitFormat,
+	)
+	createFlags.StringArrayVarP(
+		&cf.Label,
+		"label", "l", []string{},
+		"Set metadata on container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.LabelFile,
+		"label-file", []string{},
+		"Read in a line delimited file of labels",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.LogDriver,
+		"log-driver", "",
+		"Logging driver for the container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.LogOptions,
+		"log-opt", []string{},
+		"Logging driver options",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVarP(
+		&cf.Memory,
+		"memory", "m", "",
+		"Memory limit "+sizeWithUnitFormat,
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.MemoryReservation,
+		"memory-reservation", "",
+		"Memory soft limit "+sizeWithUnitFormat,
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.MemorySwap,
+		"memory-swap", "",
+		"Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: '-1' to enable unlimited swap",
+	)
+	createFlags.Int64Var(
+		&cf.MemorySwappiness,
+		"memory-swappiness", -1,
+		"Tune container memory swappiness (0 to 100, or -1 for system default)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.Name,
+		"name", "",
+		"Assign a name to the container",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.NoHealthCheck,
+		"no-healthcheck", false,
+		"Disable healthchecks on container",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.OOMKillDisable,
+		"oom-kill-disable", false,
+		"Disable OOM Killer",
+	)
+	createFlags.IntVar(
+		&cf.OOMScoreAdj,
+		"oom-score-adj", 0,
+		"Tune the host's OOM preferences (-1000 to 1000)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.OverrideArch,
+		"override-arch", "",
+		"use `ARCH` instead of the architecture of the machine for choosing images",
+	)
+	//markFlagHidden(createFlags, "override-arch")
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.OverrideOS,
+		"override-os", "",
+		"use `OS` instead of the running OS for choosing images",
+	)
+	//markFlagHidden(createFlags, "override-os")
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.PID,
+		"pid", getDefaultPidNS(),
+		"PID namespace to use",
+	)
+	createFlags.Int64Var(
+		&cf.PIDsLimit,
+		"pids-limit", getDefaultPidsLimit(),
+		getDefaultPidsDescription(),
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.Pod,
+		"pod", "",
+		"Run container in an existing pod",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.Privileged,
+		"privileged", false,
+		"Give extended privileges to container",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVarP(
+		&cf.PublishAll,
+		"publish-all", "P", false,
+		"Publish all exposed ports to random ports on the host interface",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.Pull,
+		"pull", "missing",
+		`Pull image before creating ("always"|"missing"|"never")`,
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVarP(
+		&cf.Quiet,
+		"quiet", "q", false,
+		"Suppress output information when pulling images",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.ReadOnly,
+		"read-only", false,
+		"Make containers root filesystem read-only",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.ReadOnlyTmpFS,
+		"read-only-tmpfs", true,
+		"When running containers in read-only mode mount a read-write tmpfs on /run, /tmp and /var/tmp",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.Restart,
+		"restart", "",
+		`Restart policy to apply when a container exits ("always"|"no"|"on-failure")`,
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.Rm,
+		"rm", false,
+		"Remove container (and pod if created) after exit",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVar(
+		&cf.RootFS,
+		"rootfs", false,
+		"The first argument is not an image but the rootfs to the exploded container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringArrayVar(
+		&cf.SecurityOpt,
+		"security-opt", getDefaultSecurityOptions(),
+		fmt.Sprintf("Security Options"),
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.ShmSize,
+		"shm-size", getDefaultShmSize(),
+		"Size of /dev/shm "+sizeWithUnitFormat,
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.StopSignal,
+		"stop-signal", "",
+		"Signal to stop a container. Default is SIGTERM",
+	)
+	createFlags.UintVar(
+		&cf.StopTimeout,
+		"stop-timeout", defaultContainerConfig.Engine.StopTimeout,
+		"Timeout (in seconds) to stop a container. Default is 10",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.StoreageOpt,
+		"storage-opt", []string{},
+		"Storage driver options per container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.SubUIDName,
+		"subgidname", "",
+		"Name of range listed in /etc/subgid for use in user namespace",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.SubGIDName,
+		"subuidname", "",
+		"Name of range listed in /etc/subuid for use in user namespace",
+	)
+
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.Sysctl,
+		"sysctl", getDefaultSysctls(),
+		"Sysctl options",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.SystemdD,
+		"systemd", "true",
+		`Run container in systemd mode ("true"|"false"|"always")`,
+	)
+	createFlags.StringArrayVar(
+		&cf.TmpFS,
+		"tmpfs", []string{},
+		"Mount a temporary filesystem (`tmpfs`) into a container",
+	)
+	createFlags.BoolVarP(
+		&cf.TTY,
+		"tty", "t", false,
+		"Allocate a pseudo-TTY for container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.UIDMap,
+		"uidmap", []string{},
+		"UID map to use for the user namespace",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.Ulimit,
+		"ulimit", getDefaultUlimits(),
+		"Ulimit options",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVarP(
+		&cf.User,
+		"user", "u", "",
+		"Username or UID (format: <name|uid>[:<group|gid>])",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.UserNS,
+		"userns", getDefaultUserNS(),
+		"User namespace to use",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.UTS,
+		"uts", getDefaultUTSNS(),
+		"UTS namespace to use",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringArrayVar(
+		&cf.Mount,
+		"mount", []string{},
+		"Attach a filesystem mount to the container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringArrayVarP(
+		&cf.Volume,
+		"volume", "v", getDefaultVolumes(),
+		"Bind mount a volume into the container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		&cf.VolumesFrom,
+		"volumes-from", []string{},
+		"Mount volumes from the specified container(s)",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVarP(
+		&cf.Workdir,
+		"workdir", "w", "",
+		"Working directory inside the container",
+	)
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.SeccompPolicy,
+		"seccomp-policy", "default",
+		"Policy for selecting a seccomp profile (experimental)",
+	)
+	return &createFlags
+}
+
+func AliasFlags(f *pflag.FlagSet, name string) pflag.NormalizedName {
+	switch name {
+	case "healthcheck-command":
+		name = "health-cmd"
+	case "healthcheck-interval":
+		name = "health-interval"
+	case "healthcheck-retries":
+		name = "health-retries"
+	case "healthcheck-start-period":
+		name = "health-start-period"
+	case "healthcheck-timeout":
+		name = "health-timeout"
+	case "net":
+		name = "network"
+	}
+	return pflag.NormalizedName(name)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/common/create_opts.go b/cmd/podmanV2/common/create_opts.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d12e4b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/common/create_opts.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+package common
+
+import "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/domain/entities"
+
+type ContainerCLIOpts struct {
+	Annotation        []string
+	Attach            []string
+	Authfile          string
+	BlkIOWeight       string
+	BlkIOWeightDevice []string
+	CapAdd            []string
+	CapDrop           []string
+	CGroupsNS         string
+	CGroups           string
+	CGroupParent      string
+	CIDFile           string
+	ConmonPIDFile     string
+	CPUPeriod         uint64
+	CPUQuota          int64
+	CPURTPeriod       uint64
+	CPURTRuntime      int64
+	CPUShares         uint64
+	CPUS              float64
+	CPUSetCPUs        string
+	CPUSetMems        string
+	Detach            bool
+	DetachKeys        string
+	Device            []string
+	DeviceCGroupRule  []string
+	DeviceReadBPs     []string
+	DeviceReadIOPs    []string
+	DeviceWriteBPs    []string
+	DeviceWriteIOPs   []string
+	Entrypoint        string
+	env               []string
+	EnvHost           bool
+	EnvFile           []string
+	Expose            []string
+	GIDMap            []string
+	GroupAdd          []string
+	HealthCmd         string
+	HealthInterval    string
+	HealthRetries     uint
+	HealthStartPeriod string
+	HealthTimeout     string
+	Hostname          string
+	HTTPProxy         bool
+	ImageVolume       string
+	Init              bool
+	InitPath          string
+	Interactive       bool
+	IPC               string
+	KernelMemory      string
+	Label             []string
+	LabelFile         []string
+	LogDriver         string
+	LogOptions        []string
+	Memory            string
+	MemoryReservation string
+	MemorySwap        string
+	MemorySwappiness  int64
+	Name              string
+	NoHealthCheck     bool
+	OOMKillDisable    bool
+	OOMScoreAdj       int
+	OverrideArch      string
+	OverrideOS        string
+	PID               string
+	PIDsLimit         int64
+	Pod               string
+	Privileged        bool
+	PublishAll        bool
+	Pull              string
+	Quiet             bool
+	ReadOnly          bool
+	ReadOnlyTmpFS     bool
+	Restart           string
+	Rm                bool
+	RootFS            bool
+	SecurityOpt       []string
+	ShmSize           string
+	StopSignal        string
+	StopTimeout       uint
+	StoreageOpt       []string
+	SubUIDName        string
+	SubGIDName        string
+	Sysctl            []string
+	SystemdD          string
+	TmpFS             []string
+	TTY               bool
+	UIDMap            []string
+	Ulimit            []string
+	User              string
+	UserNS            string
+	UTS               string
+	Mount             []string
+	Volume            []string
+	VolumesFrom       []string
+	Workdir           string
+	SeccompPolicy     string
+
+	Net *entities.NetOptions
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/common/createparse.go b/cmd/podmanV2/common/createparse.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..89524a04b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/common/createparse.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podmanV2/parse"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+// validate determines if the flags and values given by the user are valid. things checked
+// by validate must not need any state information on the flag (i.e. changed)
+func (c *ContainerCLIOpts) validate() error {
+	var ()
+	if c.Rm && c.Restart != "" && c.Restart != "no" {
+		return errors.Errorf("the --rm option conflicts with --restart")
+	}
+
+	if _, err := util.ValidatePullType(c.Pull); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// Verify the additional hosts are in correct format
+	for _, host := range c.Net.AddHosts {
+		if _, err := parse.ValidateExtraHost(host); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if dnsSearches := c.Net.DNSSearch; len(dnsSearches) > 0 {
+		// Validate domains are good
+		for _, dom := range dnsSearches {
+			if dom == "." {
+				if len(dnsSearches) > 1 {
+					return errors.Errorf("cannot pass additional search domains when also specifying '.'")
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+			if _, err := parse.ValidateDomain(dom); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	var imageVolType = map[string]string{
+		"bind":   "",
+		"tmpfs":  "",
+		"ignore": "",
+	}
+	if _, ok := imageVolType[c.ImageVolume]; !ok {
+		return errors.Errorf("invalid image-volume type %q. Pick one of bind, tmpfs, or ignore", c.ImageVolume)
+	}
+	return nil
+
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/common/default.go b/cmd/podmanV2/common/default.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fea161edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/common/default.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/parse"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/apparmor"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/cgroups"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/rootless"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/sysinfo"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/selinux/go-selinux"
+)
+
+// TODO these options are directly embedded into many of the CLI cobra values, as such
+// this approach will not work in a remote client. so we will need to likely do something like a
+// supported and unsupported approach here and backload these options into the specgen
+// once we are "on" the host system.
+func getDefaultSecurityOptions() []string {
+	securityOpts := []string{}
+	if defaultContainerConfig.Containers.SeccompProfile != "" && defaultContainerConfig.Containers.SeccompProfile != parse.SeccompDefaultPath {
+		securityOpts = append(securityOpts, fmt.Sprintf("seccomp=%s", defaultContainerConfig.Containers.SeccompProfile))
+	}
+	if apparmor.IsEnabled() && defaultContainerConfig.Containers.ApparmorProfile != "" {
+		securityOpts = append(securityOpts, fmt.Sprintf("apparmor=%s", defaultContainerConfig.Containers.ApparmorProfile))
+	}
+	if selinux.GetEnabled() && !defaultContainerConfig.Containers.EnableLabeling {
+		securityOpts = append(securityOpts, fmt.Sprintf("label=%s", selinux.DisableSecOpt()[0]))
+	}
+	return securityOpts
+}
+
+// getDefaultSysctls
+func getDefaultSysctls() []string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.DefaultSysctls
+}
+
+func getDefaultVolumes() []string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.Volumes
+}
+
+func getDefaultDevices() []string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.Devices
+}
+
+func getDefaultDNSServers() []string { //nolint
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.DNSServers
+}
+
+func getDefaultDNSSearches() []string { //nolint
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.DNSSearches
+}
+
+func getDefaultDNSOptions() []string { //nolint
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.DNSOptions
+}
+
+func getDefaultEnv() []string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.Env
+}
+
+func getDefaultInitPath() string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.InitPath
+}
+
+func getDefaultIPCNS() string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.IPCNS
+}
+
+func getDefaultPidNS() string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.PidNS
+}
+
+func getDefaultNetNS() string { //nolint
+	if defaultContainerConfig.Containers.NetNS == "private" && rootless.IsRootless() {
+		return "slirp4netns"
+	}
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.NetNS
+}
+
+func getDefaultCgroupNS() string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.CgroupNS
+}
+
+func getDefaultUTSNS() string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.UTSNS
+}
+
+func getDefaultShmSize() string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.ShmSize
+}
+
+func getDefaultUlimits() []string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.DefaultUlimits
+}
+
+func getDefaultUserNS() string {
+	userns := os.Getenv("PODMAN_USERNS")
+	if userns != "" {
+		return userns
+	}
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.UserNS
+}
+
+func getDefaultPidsLimit() int64 {
+	if rootless.IsRootless() {
+		cgroup2, _ := cgroups.IsCgroup2UnifiedMode()
+		if cgroup2 {
+			return defaultContainerConfig.Containers.PidsLimit
+		}
+	}
+	return sysinfo.GetDefaultPidsLimit()
+}
+
+func getDefaultPidsDescription() string {
+	return "Tune container pids limit (set 0 for unlimited)"
+}
+
+func getDefaultDetachKeys() string {
+	return defaultContainerConfig.Engine.DetachKeys
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/common/ports.go b/cmd/podmanV2/common/ports.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e2b1e79d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/common/ports.go
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/cri-o/ocicni/pkg/ocicni"
+	"github.com/docker/go-connections/nat"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// ExposedPorts parses user and image ports and returns binding information
+func ExposedPorts(expose []string, publish []ocicni.PortMapping, publishAll bool, imageExposedPorts map[string]struct{}) ([]ocicni.PortMapping, error) {
+	containerPorts := make(map[string]string)
+
+	// TODO this needs to be added into a something that
+	// has access to an imageengine
+	// add expose ports from the image itself
+	//for expose := range imageExposedPorts {
+	//	_, port := nat.SplitProtoPort(expose)
+	//	containerPorts[port] = ""
+	//}
+
+	// add the expose ports from the user (--expose)
+	// can be single or a range
+	for _, expose := range expose {
+		//support two formats for expose, original format <portnum>/[<proto>] or <startport-endport>/[<proto>]
+		_, port := nat.SplitProtoPort(expose)
+		//parse the start and end port and create a sequence of ports to expose
+		//if expose a port, the start and end port are the same
+		start, end, err := nat.ParsePortRange(port)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid range format for --expose: %s, error: %s", expose, err)
+		}
+		for i := start; i <= end; i++ {
+			containerPorts[strconv.Itoa(int(i))] = ""
+		}
+	}
+
+	// TODO/FIXME this is hell reencarnated
+	// parse user inputted port bindings
+	pbPorts, portBindings, err := nat.ParsePortSpecs([]string{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// delete exposed container ports if being used by -p
+	for i := range pbPorts {
+		delete(containerPorts, i.Port())
+	}
+
+	// iterate container ports and make port bindings from them
+	if publishAll {
+		for e := range containerPorts {
+			//support two formats for expose, original format <portnum>/[<proto>] or <startport-endport>/[<proto>]
+			//proto, port := nat.SplitProtoPort(e)
+			p, err := nat.NewPort("tcp", e)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			rp, err := getRandomPort()
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			logrus.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Using random host port %d with container port %d", rp, p.Int()))
+			portBindings[p] = CreatePortBinding(rp, "")
+		}
+	}
+
+	// We need to see if any host ports are not populated and if so, we need to assign a
+	// random port to them.
+	for k, pb := range portBindings {
+		if pb[0].HostPort == "" {
+			hostPort, err := getRandomPort()
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			logrus.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("Using random host port %d with container port %s", hostPort, k.Port()))
+			pb[0].HostPort = strconv.Itoa(hostPort)
+		}
+	}
+	var pms []ocicni.PortMapping
+	for k, v := range portBindings {
+		for _, pb := range v {
+			hp, err := strconv.Atoi(pb.HostPort)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			pms = append(pms, ocicni.PortMapping{
+				HostPort:      int32(hp),
+				ContainerPort: int32(k.Int()),
+				//Protocol:      "",
+				HostIP: pb.HostIP,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	return pms, nil
+}
+
+func getRandomPort() (int, error) {
+	l, err := net.Listen("tcp", ":0")
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to get free port")
+	}
+	defer l.Close()
+	_, randomPort, err := net.SplitHostPort(l.Addr().String())
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to determine free port")
+	}
+	rp, err := strconv.Atoi(randomPort)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to convert random port to int")
+	}
+	return rp, nil
+}
+
+//CreatePortBinding takes port (int) and IP (string) and creates an array of portbinding structs
+func CreatePortBinding(hostPort int, hostIP string) []nat.PortBinding {
+	pb := nat.PortBinding{
+		HostPort: strconv.Itoa(hostPort),
+	}
+	pb.HostIP = hostIP
+	return []nat.PortBinding{pb}
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/common/specgen.go b/cmd/podmanV2/common/specgen.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5245e206e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/common/specgen.go
@@ -0,0 +1,647 @@
+package common
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/containers/image/v5/manifest"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podmanV2/parse"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
+	ann "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/annotations"
+	envLib "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/env"
+	ns "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/namespaces"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/specgen"
+	systemdGen "github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/systemd/generate"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/util"
+	"github.com/docker/go-units"
+	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *ContainerCLIOpts, args []string) error {
+	var (
+		err error
+		//namespaces map[string]string
+	)
+
+	// validate flags as needed
+	if err := c.validate(); err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	inputCommand := args[1:]
+	if len(c.HealthCmd) > 0 {
+		s.HealthConfig, err = makeHealthCheckFromCli(c.HealthCmd, c.HealthInterval, c.HealthRetries, c.HealthTimeout, c.HealthStartPeriod)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	s.IDMappings, err = util.ParseIDMapping(ns.UsernsMode(c.UserNS), c.UIDMap, c.GIDMap, c.SubUIDName, c.SubGIDName)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if m := c.Memory; len(m) > 0 {
+		ml, err := units.RAMInBytes(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid value for memory")
+		}
+		s.ResourceLimits.Memory.Limit = &ml
+	}
+	if m := c.MemoryReservation; len(m) > 0 {
+		mr, err := units.RAMInBytes(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid value for memory")
+		}
+		s.ResourceLimits.Memory.Reservation = &mr
+	}
+	if m := c.MemorySwap; len(m) > 0 {
+		var ms int64
+		if m == "-1" {
+			ms = int64(-1)
+			s.ResourceLimits.Memory.Swap = &ms
+		} else {
+			ms, err = units.RAMInBytes(m)
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid value for memory")
+			}
+		}
+		s.ResourceLimits.Memory.Swap = &ms
+	}
+	if m := c.KernelMemory; len(m) > 0 {
+		mk, err := units.RAMInBytes(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid value for kernel-memory")
+		}
+		s.ResourceLimits.Memory.Kernel = &mk
+	}
+	if b := c.BlkIOWeight; len(b) > 0 {
+		u, err := strconv.ParseUint(b, 10, 16)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid value for blkio-weight")
+		}
+		nu := uint16(u)
+		s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO.Weight = &nu
+	}
+
+	s.Terminal = c.TTY
+	ep, err := ExposedPorts(c.Expose, c.Net.PublishPorts, c.PublishAll, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.PortMappings = ep
+	s.Pod = c.Pod
+
+	//s.CgroupNS = specgen.Namespace{
+	//	NSMode: ,
+	//	Value:  "",
+	//}
+
+	//s.UserNS = specgen.Namespace{}
+
+	// Kernel Namespaces
+	// TODO Fix handling of namespace from pod
+	// Instead of integrating here, should be done in libpod
+	// However, that also involves setting up security opts
+	// when the pod's namespace is integrated
+	//namespaces = map[string]string{
+	//	"cgroup": c.CGroupsNS,
+	//	"pid":    c.PID,
+	//	//"net":    c.Net.Network.Value,   // TODO need help here
+	//	"ipc":  c.IPC,
+	//	"user": c.User,
+	//	"uts":  c.UTS,
+	//}
+	//
+	//if len(c.PID) > 0 {
+	//	split := strings.SplitN(c.PID, ":", 2)
+	//	// need a way to do thsi
+	//	specgen.Namespace{
+	//		NSMode: split[0],
+	//	}
+	//	//Value:  split1 if len allows
+	//}
+	// TODO this is going to have be done after things like pod creation are done because
+	// pod creation changes these values.
+	//pidMode := ns.PidMode(namespaces["pid"])
+	//usernsMode := ns.UsernsMode(namespaces["user"])
+	//utsMode := ns.UTSMode(namespaces["uts"])
+	//cgroupMode := ns.CgroupMode(namespaces["cgroup"])
+	//ipcMode := ns.IpcMode(namespaces["ipc"])
+	//// Make sure if network is set to container namespace, port binding is not also being asked for
+	//netMode := ns.NetworkMode(namespaces["net"])
+	//if netMode.IsContainer() {
+	//	if len(portBindings) > 0 {
+	//		return nil, errors.Errorf("cannot set port bindings on an existing container network namespace")
+	//	}
+	//}
+
+	// TODO Remove when done with namespaces for realz
+	// Setting a default for IPC to get this working
+	s.IpcNS = specgen.Namespace{
+		NSMode: specgen.Private,
+		Value:  "",
+	}
+
+	// TODO this is going to have to be done the libpod/server end of things
+	// USER
+	//user := c.String("user")
+	//if user == "" {
+	//	switch {
+	//	case usernsMode.IsKeepID():
+	//		user = fmt.Sprintf("%d:%d", rootless.GetRootlessUID(), rootless.GetRootlessGID())
+	//	case data == nil:
+	//		user = "0"
+	//	default:
+	//		user = data.Config.User
+	//	}
+	//}
+
+	// STOP SIGNAL
+	signalString := "TERM"
+	if sig := c.StopSignal; len(sig) > 0 {
+		signalString = sig
+	}
+	stopSignal, err := util.ParseSignal(signalString)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	s.StopSignal = &stopSignal
+
+	// ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+	//
+	// Precedence order (higher index wins):
+	//  1) env-host, 2) image data, 3) env-file, 4) env
+	env := map[string]string{
+		"container": "podman",
+	}
+
+	// First transform the os env into a map. We need it for the labels later in
+	// any case.
+	osEnv, err := envLib.ParseSlice(os.Environ())
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error parsing host environment variables")
+	}
+
+	if c.EnvHost {
+		env = envLib.Join(env, osEnv)
+	}
+	// env-file overrides any previous variables
+	for _, f := range c.EnvFile {
+		fileEnv, err := envLib.ParseFile(f)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		// File env is overridden by env.
+		env = envLib.Join(env, fileEnv)
+	}
+
+	// env overrides any previous variables
+	if cmdLineEnv := c.env; len(cmdLineEnv) > 0 {
+		parsedEnv, err := envLib.ParseSlice(cmdLineEnv)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		env = envLib.Join(env, parsedEnv)
+	}
+	s.Env = env
+
+	// LABEL VARIABLES
+	labels, err := parse.GetAllLabels(c.LabelFile, c.Label)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to process labels")
+	}
+
+	if systemdUnit, exists := osEnv[systemdGen.EnvVariable]; exists {
+		labels[systemdGen.EnvVariable] = systemdUnit
+	}
+
+	s.Labels = labels
+
+	// ANNOTATIONS
+	annotations := make(map[string]string)
+
+	// First, add our default annotations
+	annotations[ann.TTY] = "false"
+	if c.TTY {
+		annotations[ann.TTY] = "true"
+	}
+
+	// Last, add user annotations
+	for _, annotation := range c.Annotation {
+		splitAnnotation := strings.SplitN(annotation, "=", 2)
+		if len(splitAnnotation) < 2 {
+			return errors.Errorf("Annotations must be formatted KEY=VALUE")
+		}
+		annotations[splitAnnotation[0]] = splitAnnotation[1]
+	}
+	s.Annotations = annotations
+
+	workDir := "/"
+	if wd := c.Workdir; len(wd) > 0 {
+		workDir = wd
+	}
+	s.WorkDir = workDir
+	entrypoint := []string{}
+	userCommand := []string{}
+	if ep := c.Entrypoint; len(ep) > 0 {
+		// Check if entrypoint specified is json
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(c.Entrypoint), &entrypoint); err != nil {
+			entrypoint = append(entrypoint, ep)
+		}
+	}
+
+	var command []string
+
+	// Build the command
+	// If we have an entry point, it goes first
+	if len(entrypoint) > 0 {
+		command = entrypoint
+	}
+	if len(inputCommand) > 0 {
+		// User command overrides data CMD
+		command = append(command, inputCommand...)
+		userCommand = append(userCommand, inputCommand...)
+	}
+
+	if len(inputCommand) > 0 {
+		s.Command = userCommand
+	} else {
+		s.Command = command
+	}
+
+	// SHM Size
+	shmSize, err := units.FromHumanSize(c.ShmSize)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "unable to translate --shm-size")
+	}
+	s.ShmSize = &shmSize
+	s.HostAdd = c.Net.AddHosts
+	s.DNSServer = c.Net.DNSServers
+	s.DNSSearch = c.Net.DNSSearch
+	s.DNSOption = c.Net.DNSOptions
+
+	// deferred, must be added on libpod side
+	//var ImageVolumes map[string]struct{}
+	//if data != nil && c.String("image-volume") != "ignore" {
+	//	ImageVolumes = data.Config.Volumes
+	//}
+
+	s.ImageVolumeMode = c.ImageVolume
+	systemd := c.SystemdD == "always"
+	if !systemd && command != nil {
+		x, err := strconv.ParseBool(c.SystemdD)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "cannot parse bool %s", c.SystemdD)
+		}
+		if x && (command[0] == "/usr/sbin/init" || command[0] == "/sbin/init" || (filepath.Base(command[0]) == "systemd")) {
+			systemd = true
+		}
+	}
+	if systemd {
+		if s.StopSignal == nil {
+			stopSignal, err = util.ParseSignal("RTMIN+3")
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "error parsing systemd signal")
+			}
+			s.StopSignal = &stopSignal
+		}
+	}
+	swappiness := uint64(c.MemorySwappiness)
+	if s.ResourceLimits == nil {
+		s.ResourceLimits = &specs.LinuxResources{}
+	}
+	if s.ResourceLimits.Memory == nil {
+		s.ResourceLimits.Memory = &specs.LinuxMemory{}
+	}
+	s.ResourceLimits.Memory.Swappiness = &swappiness
+
+	if s.LogConfiguration == nil {
+		s.LogConfiguration = &specgen.LogConfig{}
+	}
+	s.LogConfiguration.Driver = libpod.KubernetesLogging
+	if ld := c.LogDriver; len(ld) > 0 {
+		s.LogConfiguration.Driver = ld
+	}
+	if s.ResourceLimits.Pids == nil {
+		s.ResourceLimits.Pids = &specs.LinuxPids{}
+	}
+	s.ResourceLimits.Pids.Limit = c.PIDsLimit
+	if c.CGroups == "disabled" && c.PIDsLimit > 0 {
+		s.ResourceLimits.Pids.Limit = -1
+	}
+	// TODO WTF
+	//cgroup := &cc.CgroupConfig{
+	//	Cgroups:      c.String("cgroups"),
+	//	Cgroupns:     c.String("cgroupns"),
+	//	CgroupParent: c.String("cgroup-parent"),
+	//	CgroupMode:   cgroupMode,
+	//}
+	//
+	//userns := &cc.UserConfig{
+	//	GroupAdd:   c.StringSlice("group-add"),
+	//	IDMappings: idmappings,
+	//	UsernsMode: usernsMode,
+	//	User:       user,
+	//}
+	//
+	//uts := &cc.UtsConfig{
+	//	UtsMode:  utsMode,
+	//	NoHosts:  c.Bool("no-hosts"),
+	//	HostAdd:  c.StringSlice("add-host"),
+	//	Hostname: c.String("hostname"),
+	//}
+
+	sysctl := map[string]string{}
+	if ctl := c.Sysctl; len(ctl) > 0 {
+		sysctl, err = util.ValidateSysctls(ctl)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	s.Sysctl = sysctl
+
+	s.CapAdd = c.CapAdd
+	s.CapDrop = c.CapDrop
+	s.Privileged = c.Privileged
+	s.ReadOnlyFilesystem = c.ReadOnly
+
+	// TODO
+	// ouitside of specgen and oci though
+	// defaults to true, check spec/storage
+	//s.readon = c.ReadOnlyTmpFS
+	//  TODO convert to map?
+	// check if key=value and convert
+	sysmap := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, ctl := range c.Sysctl {
+		splitCtl := strings.SplitN(ctl, "=", 2)
+		if len(splitCtl) < 2 {
+			return errors.Errorf("invalid sysctl value %q", ctl)
+		}
+		sysmap[splitCtl[0]] = splitCtl[1]
+	}
+	s.Sysctl = sysmap
+
+	for _, opt := range c.SecurityOpt {
+		if opt == "no-new-privileges" {
+			s.ContainerSecurityConfig.NoNewPrivileges = true
+		} else {
+			con := strings.SplitN(opt, "=", 2)
+			if len(con) != 2 {
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid --security-opt 1: %q", opt)
+			}
+
+			switch con[0] {
+			case "label":
+				// TODO selinux opts and label opts are the same thing
+				s.ContainerSecurityConfig.SelinuxOpts = append(s.ContainerSecurityConfig.SelinuxOpts, con[1])
+			case "apparmor":
+				s.ContainerSecurityConfig.ApparmorProfile = con[1]
+			case "seccomp":
+				s.SeccompProfilePath = con[1]
+			default:
+				return fmt.Errorf("invalid --security-opt 2: %q", opt)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// TODO any idea why this was done
+	// storage.go from spec/
+	// grab it
+	//volumes := rtc.Containers.Volumes
+	// TODO conflict on populate?
+	//if v := c.Volume; len(v)> 0 {
+	//	s.Volumes = append(volumes, c.StringSlice("volume")...)
+	//}
+	//s.volu
+
+	//s.Mounts = c.Mount
+	s.VolumesFrom = c.VolumesFrom
+
+	// TODO any idea why this was done
+	//devices := rtc.Containers.Devices
+	// TODO conflict on populate?
+	//
+	//if c.Changed("device") {
+	//	devices = append(devices, c.StringSlice("device")...)
+	//}
+
+	// TODO things i cannot find in spec
+	// we dont think these are in the spec
+	// init - initbinary
+	// initpath
+	s.Stdin = c.Interactive
+	// quiet
+	//DeviceCgroupRules: c.StringSlice("device-cgroup-rule"),
+
+	if bps := c.DeviceReadBPs; len(bps) > 0 {
+		if s.ThrottleReadBpsDevice, err = parseThrottleBPSDevices(bps); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if bps := c.DeviceWriteBPs; len(bps) > 0 {
+		if s.ThrottleWriteBpsDevice, err = parseThrottleBPSDevices(bps); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iops := c.DeviceReadIOPs; len(iops) > 0 {
+		if s.ThrottleReadIOPSDevice, err = parseThrottleIOPsDevices(iops); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if iops := c.DeviceWriteIOPs; len(iops) > 0 {
+		if s.ThrottleWriteIOPSDevice, err = parseThrottleIOPsDevices(iops); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	s.ResourceLimits.Memory.DisableOOMKiller = &c.OOMKillDisable
+
+	// Rlimits/Ulimits
+	for _, u := range c.Ulimit {
+		if u == "host" {
+			s.Rlimits = nil
+			break
+		}
+		ul, err := units.ParseUlimit(u)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "ulimit option %q requires name=SOFT:HARD, failed to be parsed", u)
+		}
+		rl := specs.POSIXRlimit{
+			Type: ul.Name,
+			Hard: uint64(ul.Hard),
+			Soft: uint64(ul.Soft),
+		}
+		s.Rlimits = append(s.Rlimits, rl)
+	}
+
+	//Tmpfs:         c.StringArray("tmpfs"),
+
+	// TODO how to handle this?
+	//Syslog:        c.Bool("syslog"),
+
+	logOpts := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, o := range c.LogOptions {
+		split := strings.SplitN(o, "=", 2)
+		if len(split) < 2 {
+			return errors.Errorf("invalid log option %q", o)
+		}
+		logOpts[split[0]] = split[1]
+	}
+	s.LogConfiguration.Options = logOpts
+	s.Name = c.Name
+
+	if err := parseWeightDevices(c.BlkIOWeightDevice, s); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	if s.ResourceLimits.CPU == nil {
+		s.ResourceLimits.CPU = &specs.LinuxCPU{}
+	}
+	s.ResourceLimits.CPU.Shares = &c.CPUShares
+	s.ResourceLimits.CPU.Period = &c.CPUPeriod
+
+	// TODO research these
+	//s.ResourceLimits.CPU.Cpus = c.CPUS
+	//s.ResourceLimits.CPU.Cpus = c.CPUSetCPUs
+
+	//s.ResourceLimits.CPU. = c.CPUSetCPUs
+	s.ResourceLimits.CPU.Mems = c.CPUSetMems
+	s.ResourceLimits.CPU.Quota = &c.CPUQuota
+	s.ResourceLimits.CPU.RealtimePeriod = &c.CPURTPeriod
+	s.ResourceLimits.CPU.RealtimeRuntime = &c.CPURTRuntime
+	s.OOMScoreAdj = &c.OOMScoreAdj
+	s.RestartPolicy = c.Restart
+	s.Remove = c.Rm
+	s.StopTimeout = &c.StopTimeout
+
+	// TODO where should we do this?
+	//func verifyContainerResources(config *cc.CreateConfig, update bool) ([]string, error) {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func makeHealthCheckFromCli(inCmd, interval string, retries uint, timeout, startPeriod string) (*manifest.Schema2HealthConfig, error) {
+	// Every healthcheck requires a command
+	if len(inCmd) == 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("Must define a healthcheck command for all healthchecks")
+	}
+
+	// first try to parse option value as JSON array of strings...
+	cmd := []string{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(inCmd), &cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		// ...otherwise pass it to "/bin/sh -c" inside the container
+		cmd = []string{"CMD-SHELL", inCmd}
+	}
+	hc := manifest.Schema2HealthConfig{
+		Test: cmd,
+	}
+
+	if interval == "disable" {
+		interval = "0"
+	}
+	intervalDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(interval)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid healthcheck-interval %s ", interval)
+	}
+
+	hc.Interval = intervalDuration
+
+	if retries < 1 {
+		return nil, errors.New("healthcheck-retries must be greater than 0.")
+	}
+	hc.Retries = int(retries)
+	timeoutDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(timeout)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid healthcheck-timeout %s", timeout)
+	}
+	if timeoutDuration < time.Duration(1) {
+		return nil, errors.New("healthcheck-timeout must be at least 1 second")
+	}
+	hc.Timeout = timeoutDuration
+
+	startPeriodDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(startPeriod)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid healthcheck-start-period %s", startPeriod)
+	}
+	if startPeriodDuration < time.Duration(0) {
+		return nil, errors.New("healthcheck-start-period must be 0 seconds or greater")
+	}
+	hc.StartPeriod = startPeriodDuration
+
+	return &hc, nil
+}
+
+func parseWeightDevices(weightDevs []string, s *specgen.SpecGenerator) error {
+	for _, val := range weightDevs {
+		split := strings.SplitN(val, ":", 2)
+		if len(split) != 2 {
+			return fmt.Errorf("bad format: %s", val)
+		}
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(split[0], "/dev/") {
+			return fmt.Errorf("bad format for device path: %s", val)
+		}
+		weight, err := strconv.ParseUint(split[1], 10, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid weight for device: %s", val)
+		}
+		if weight > 0 && (weight < 10 || weight > 1000) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("invalid weight for device: %s", val)
+		}
+		w := uint16(weight)
+		s.WeightDevice[split[0]] = specs.LinuxWeightDevice{
+			Weight:     &w,
+			LeafWeight: nil,
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func parseThrottleBPSDevices(bpsDevices []string) (map[string]specs.LinuxThrottleDevice, error) {
+	td := make(map[string]specs.LinuxThrottleDevice)
+	for _, val := range bpsDevices {
+		split := strings.SplitN(val, ":", 2)
+		if len(split) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bad format: %s", val)
+		}
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(split[0], "/dev/") {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bad format for device path: %s", val)
+		}
+		rate, err := units.RAMInBytes(split[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid rate for device: %s. The correct format is <device-path>:<number>[<unit>]. Number must be a positive integer. Unit is optional and can be kb, mb, or gb", val)
+		}
+		if rate < 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid rate for device: %s. The correct format is <device-path>:<number>[<unit>]. Number must be a positive integer. Unit is optional and can be kb, mb, or gb", val)
+		}
+		td[split[0]] = specs.LinuxThrottleDevice{Rate: uint64(rate)}
+	}
+	return td, nil
+}
+
+func parseThrottleIOPsDevices(iopsDevices []string) (map[string]specs.LinuxThrottleDevice, error) {
+	td := make(map[string]specs.LinuxThrottleDevice)
+	for _, val := range iopsDevices {
+		split := strings.SplitN(val, ":", 2)
+		if len(split) != 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bad format: %s", val)
+		}
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(split[0], "/dev/") {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bad format for device path: %s", val)
+		}
+		rate, err := strconv.ParseUint(split[1], 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid rate for device: %s. The correct format is <device-path>:<number>. Number must be a positive integer", val)
+		}
+		td[split[0]] = specs.LinuxThrottleDevice{Rate: rate}
+	}
+	return td, nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/containers/create.go b/cmd/podmanV2/containers/create.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd5300966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/containers/create.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package containers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podmanV2/common"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podmanV2/registry"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/specgen"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	createDescription = `Creates a new container from the given image or storage and prepares it for running the specified command.
+
+  The container ID is then printed to stdout. You can then start it at any time with the podman start <container_id> command. The container will be created with the initial state 'created'.`
+	createCommand = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:               "create [flags] IMAGE [COMMAND [ARG...]]",
+		Short:             "Create but do not start a container",
+		Long:              createDescription,
+		RunE:              create,
+		PersistentPreRunE: preRunE,
+		Args:              cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
+		Example: `podman create alpine ls
+  podman create --annotation HELLO=WORLD alpine ls
+  podman create -t -i --name myctr alpine ls`,
+	}
+)
+
+var (
+	cliVals common.ContainerCLIOpts
+)
+
+func init() {
+	registry.Commands = append(registry.Commands, registry.CliCommand{
+		Mode:    []entities.EngineMode{entities.ABIMode, entities.TunnelMode},
+		Command: createCommand,
+	})
+	//common.GetCreateFlags(createCommand)
+	flags := createCommand.Flags()
+	flags.AddFlagSet(common.GetCreateFlags(&cliVals))
+	flags.AddFlagSet(common.GetNetFlags())
+	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(common.AliasFlags)
+}
+
+func create(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	var (
+		err           error
+		rawImageInput string
+	)
+	cliVals.Net, err = common.NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if rfs := cliVals.RootFS; !rfs {
+		rawImageInput = args[0]
+	}
+
+	if err := createInit(cmd); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	//TODO rootfs still
+	s := specgen.NewSpecGenerator(rawImageInput)
+	if err := common.FillOutSpecGen(s, &cliVals, args); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	report, err := registry.ContainerEngine().ContainerCreate(registry.GetContext(), s)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println(report.Id)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func createInit(c *cobra.Command) error {
+	if c.Flag("privileged").Changed && c.Flag("security-opt").Changed {
+		logrus.Warn("setting security options with --privileged has no effect")
+	}
+
+	if (c.Flag("dns").Changed || c.Flag("dns-opt").Changed || c.Flag("dns-search").Changed) && (cliVals.Net.Network.NSMode == specgen.NoNetwork || cliVals.Net.Network.IsContainer()) {
+		return errors.Errorf("conflicting options: dns and the network mode.")
+	}
+
+	if c.Flag("cpu-period").Changed && c.Flag("cpus").Changed {
+		return errors.Errorf("--cpu-period and --cpus cannot be set together")
+	}
+	if c.Flag("cpu-quota").Changed && c.Flag("cpus").Changed {
+		return errors.Errorf("--cpu-quota and --cpus cannot be set together")
+	}
+
+	if c.Flag("no-hosts").Changed && c.Flag("add-host").Changed {
+		return errors.Errorf("--no-hosts and --add-host cannot be set together")
+	}
+
+	// Docker-compatibility: the "-h" flag for run/create is reserved for
+	// the hostname (see https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/1367).
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/parse/common.go b/cmd/podmanV2/parse/common.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5e9b4fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/parse/common.go
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package parse
+
+import (
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+// CheckAllLatestAndCIDFile checks that --all and --latest are used correctly.
+// If cidfile is set, also check for the --cidfile flag.
+func CheckAllLatestAndCIDFile(c *cobra.Command, args []string, ignoreArgLen bool, cidfile bool) error {
+	argLen := len(args)
+	if c.Flags().Lookup("all") == nil || c.Flags().Lookup("latest") == nil {
+		if !cidfile {
+			return errors.New("unable to lookup values for 'latest' or 'all'")
+		} else if c.Flags().Lookup("cidfile") == nil {
+			return errors.New("unable to lookup values for 'latest', 'all' or 'cidfile'")
+		}
+	}
+
+	specifiedAll, _ := c.Flags().GetBool("all")
+	specifiedLatest, _ := c.Flags().GetBool("latest")
+	specifiedCIDFile := false
+	if cid, _ := c.Flags().GetStringArray("cidfile"); len(cid) > 0 {
+		specifiedCIDFile = true
+	}
+
+	if specifiedCIDFile && (specifiedAll || specifiedLatest) {
+		return errors.Errorf("--all, --latest and --cidfile cannot be used together")
+	} else if specifiedAll && specifiedLatest {
+		return errors.Errorf("--all and --latest cannot be used together")
+	}
+
+	if ignoreArgLen {
+		return nil
+	}
+	if (argLen > 0) && (specifiedAll || specifiedLatest) {
+		return errors.Errorf("no arguments are needed with --all or --latest")
+	} else if cidfile && (argLen > 0) && (specifiedAll || specifiedLatest || specifiedCIDFile) {
+		return errors.Errorf("no arguments are needed with --all, --latest or --cidfile")
+	}
+
+	if specifiedCIDFile {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if argLen < 1 && !specifiedAll && !specifiedLatest && !specifiedCIDFile {
+		return errors.Errorf("you must provide at least one name or id")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/parse/parse.go b/cmd/podmanV2/parse/net.go
index 10d2146fa..03cda268c 100644
--- a/cmd/podmanV2/parse/parse.go
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/parse/net.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -187,47 +186,3 @@ func ValidURL(urlStr string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-// checkAllLatestAndCIDFile checks that --all and --latest are used correctly.
-// If cidfile is set, also check for the --cidfile flag.
-func CheckAllLatestAndCIDFile(c *cobra.Command, args []string, ignoreArgLen bool, cidfile bool) error {
-	argLen := len(args)
-	if c.Flags().Lookup("all") == nil || c.Flags().Lookup("latest") == nil {
-		if !cidfile {
-			return errors.New("unable to lookup values for 'latest' or 'all'")
-		} else if c.Flags().Lookup("cidfile") == nil {
-			return errors.New("unable to lookup values for 'latest', 'all' or 'cidfile'")
-		}
-	}
-
-	specifiedAll, _ := c.Flags().GetBool("all")
-	specifiedLatest, _ := c.Flags().GetBool("latest")
-	specifiedCIDFile := false
-	if cid, _ := c.Flags().GetStringArray("cidfile"); len(cid) > 0 {
-		specifiedCIDFile = true
-	}
-
-	if specifiedCIDFile && (specifiedAll || specifiedLatest) {
-		return errors.Errorf("--all, --latest and --cidfile cannot be used together")
-	} else if specifiedAll && specifiedLatest {
-		return errors.Errorf("--all and --latest cannot be used together")
-	}
-
-	if ignoreArgLen {
-		return nil
-	}
-	if (argLen > 0) && (specifiedAll || specifiedLatest) {
-		return errors.Errorf("no arguments are needed with --all or --latest")
-	} else if cidfile && (argLen > 0) && (specifiedAll || specifiedLatest || specifiedCIDFile) {
-		return errors.Errorf("no arguments are needed with --all, --latest or --cidfile")
-	}
-
-	if specifiedCIDFile {
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	if argLen < 1 && !specifiedAll && !specifiedLatest && !specifiedCIDFile {
-		return errors.Errorf("you must provide at least one name or id")
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/cmd/podmanV2/parse/parse_test.go b/cmd/podmanV2/parse/net_test.go
index a6ddc2be9..a6ddc2be9 100644
--- a/cmd/podmanV2/parse/parse_test.go
+++ b/cmd/podmanV2/parse/net_test.go