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| author | Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> | 2020-11-18 16:51:33 -0500 |
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| committer | Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com> | 2020-11-19 14:48:10 -0500 |
| commit | 977094781841f57c82b71e3ccc32dad952a8c0e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 819a8b0856d3d500c4938efaf5af62b488f34734 /docs/source/markdown/podman.1.md | |
| parent | a18365c908d45a8ee9348c5e32a240a7b9a4091b (diff) | |
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Document containers.conf settings for remote connections
Currently we don't document which end of the podman-remote client server
operations uses the containers.conf. This PR begins documenting this
and then testing to make sure the defaults follow the rules.
Fixes: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/7657
Signed-off-by: Daniel J Walsh <dwalsh@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman.1.md index 1954ca2aa..68a17d26b 100644 --- a/docs/source/markdown/podman.1.md +++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman.1.md @@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ Podman uses Buildah(1) internally to create container images. Both tools share i (not container) storage, hence each can use or manipulate images (but not containers) created by the other. +Default settings for flags are defined in `containers.conf`. Most settings for +Remote connections use the server's containers.conf, except when documented in +man pages. + **podman [GLOBAL OPTIONS]** ## GLOBAL OPTIONS @@ -33,6 +37,7 @@ Path of the configuration directory for CNI networks. (Default: `/etc/cni/net.d #### **--connection**, **-c** Connection to use for remote podman (Default connection is configured in `containers.conf`) +Remote connections use local containers.conf for default. #### **--conmon** Path of the conmon binary (Default path is configured in `containers.conf`) @@ -71,6 +76,7 @@ Identity value resolution precedence: - command line value - environment variable `CONTAINER_SSHKEY`, if `CONTAINER_HOST` is found - `containers.conf` +Remote connections use local containers.conf for default. #### **--log-level**=*level* @@ -86,6 +92,7 @@ Path to the command binary to use for setting up a network. It is currently onl #### **--remote**, **-r** Access Podman service will be remote +Remote connections use local containers.conf for default. #### **--url**=*value* URL to access Podman service (default from `containers.conf`, rootless `unix://run/user/$UID/podman/podman.sock` or as root `unix://run/podman/podman.sock`). @@ -104,6 +111,7 @@ URL value resolution precedence: - environment variable `CONTAINER_HOST` - `containers.conf` - `unix://run/podman/podman.sock` +Remote connections use local containers.conf for default. #### **--root**=*value* |