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| author | baude <bbaude@redhat.com> | 2018-05-21 09:17:02 -0500 |
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| committer | Atomic Bot <atomic-devel@projectatomic.io> | 2018-05-22 13:50:10 +0000 |
| commit | ae7c45968dd458326814db2218cf6a4b0ca9c7e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 3fd4f8246942a06401a4d8c52592cec6afcdbda2 /docs/podman-varlink.1.md | |
| parent | 82feafecdda8040432c008d9b79e4f973009adfc (diff) | |
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set varlink timeout to 1 seconds
Add option to varlink for --timeout. Input for this option is in milliseconds
Signed-off-by: baude <bbaude@redhat.com>
Closes: #814
Approved by: baude
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diff --git a/docs/podman-varlink.1.md b/docs/podman-varlink.1.md index 9d4e0947b..7ed6c7d92 100644 --- a/docs/podman-varlink.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-varlink.1.md @@ -6,34 +6,43 @@ podman\-varlink - Runs the varlink backend interface ## SYNOPSIS -**podman varlink** +**podman varlink** [OPTIONS] [**--help**|**-h**] VARLINK_URI ## DESCRIPTION -Starts the varlink service that allows varlink clients to interact with podman. -<!-- -More will go here as the docs and api firm up. ---> +Starts the varlink service that allows varlink clients to interact with podman. This should generally be done +with systemd. See _Configuration_ below. -**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS] varlink ** +**podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS] [OPTIONS] varlink VARLINK_URI** ## GLOBAL OPTIONS **--help, -h** Print usage statement +## OPTIONS +**--timeout, -t** The time until the varlink session expires in _milliseconds_. The default is 1 +second. A value of `0` means no timeout and the session will not expire. + ## EXAMPLES - podman varlink unix:/run/podman/io.projectatomic.podman -<!-- - TODO: More examples with TCP can be added when that works - as well. ---> +Run the podman varlink service manually and accept the default timeout. + +``` +$ podman varlink unix:/run/podman/io.projectatomic.podman +``` + +Run the podman varlink service manually with a 5 second timeout. + +``` +$ podman varlink --timeout 5000 unix:/run/podman/io.projectatomic.podman +``` ## CONFIGURATION -Users of the podman varlink service should enable the io.projectatomic.podman.socket and io.projectatomic.podman.service. +Users of the podman varlink service should enable the _io.projectatomic.podman.socket_ and _io.projectatomic.podman.service_. +This is the preferred method for running the varlink service. You can do this via systemctl |