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| author | OpenShift Merge Robot <openshift-merge-robot@users.noreply.github.com> | 2019-05-08 21:12:19 +0200 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2019-05-08 21:12:19 +0200 |
| commit | 49e09ddbf5a17eab025f661d4f57e5868181d57a (patch) | |
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| parent | 7b54ebb48fecb4205304586a57a3e6b9b96befa0 (diff) | |
| parent | 38199f4c28712912ea857bf9938dc8ea3798ca61 (diff) | |
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Merge pull request #3042 from baude/bridge
add varlink bridge
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diff --git a/docs/podman-varlink.1.md b/docs/podman-varlink.1.md index 7eeb3dd66..0501d853f 100644 --- a/docs/podman-varlink.1.md +++ b/docs/podman-varlink.1.md @@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ podman\-varlink - Runs the varlink backend interface **podman varlink** [*options*] *uri* ## DESCRIPTION -Starts the varlink service listening on *uri* that allows varlink clients to interact with podman. This should generally be done -with systemd. See _Configuration_ below. +Starts the varlink service listening on *uri* that allows varlink clients to interact with podman. If no *uri* is provided, a default +URI will be used depending on the user calling the varlink service. The default for the root user is `unix:/run/podman/io.podman`. Regular +users will have a default *uri* of `$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/podman/io.podman`. For example, `unix:/run/user/1000/podman/io.podman` +The varlink service should generally be done with systemd. See _Configuration_ below. ## GLOBAL OPTIONS @@ -23,16 +25,23 @@ second. A value of `0` means no timeout and the session will not expire. ## EXAMPLES -Run the podman varlink service manually and accept the default timeout. +Run the podman varlink service accepting all default options. ``` -$ podman varlink unix:/run/podman/io.podman +$ podman varlink +``` + + +Run the podman varlink service with an alternate URI and accept the default timeout. + +``` +$ podman varlink unix:/tmp/io.podman ``` Run the podman varlink service manually with a 5 second timeout. ``` -$ podman varlink --timeout 5000 unix:/run/podman/io.podman +$ podman varlink --timeout 5000 ``` ## CONFIGURATION |